Book Design

While I searched book design and checked the sources that my instructor Jimmy gave in the class syllabus, I found this very interesting and elegant book design in AIGA web site. I am so fascinated by the design. The book, A Little Book on Poverty & Glory, is a book about Protestantism. The typography is so elegant with rich illustration, the curves and position that set in the text. Even though it’s overlap, it’s still legible. Also the pictures that set in the top of the pages with the warm rich red, orange color and some organic and shapes echoes the illustration in the text. However, I have a problem with that “bread&tongue press” with bold and solid black caught more attention to the viewer than the body text did which is regular san serif in mid tone. Over all, I think this is very well designed book that would catch reader’s attention and want to read it over and over again, just like a painting, an art work.