Faber and Faber film books.

Book cover designs by Ed Cornish.
I think these work so well because the layout and design have impact. Also with the limited use of colour adds to this effect.

And some more...

Book cover design by David Drummond.
Another simple yet effective piece of design, I also like the use of matte lamination with a spot UV varnish on the drop of milk.


Stephen King series designed by Jamie Keenan.

More book covers.

The book series above is designed by Helen Crawford (white crush design)
'The Anna Blundy books focus around the character Faith Zanetti, a sassy female war correspondent heroine, that through the series travels the world and gets herself in lots of tricky fixes. The main aim for the covers was to convey the sense of humour of the main character, as well as her femininity and her feistiness with the aspects of politics, travel and adventure. To achieve this, we initially thought we could focus each cover around the country it was based in. For example, use skylines or landmarks to position the books and get an element of the heroine as well. We were able to develop this idea so that the final series was a bit more subtle. For example, in the Neat Vodka cover, the country reference is Russia, hence the babushka doll. The vodka swilling, cigarette smoking Faith is shown through the fag hanging out of the doll's mouth. Similar references are made on the other covers; a lighter with the Italian flag on it (Milan) and a cocktail stirrer with a pharaoh's head on it (Cairo). The covers were all developed from the initial Russian doll design, which was something that I thought instinctively would make a striking image that could appeal to a predominantly female audience.'

The illustrations for these covers were done in-house at Crush and all the type on the cover, including quotes is hand drawn or handwritten. The colour palette is dramatic and helps emphasize the thriller side of the books whilst remaining fun and female.

Again the use of a limited colour palette helps to create a more striking book cover!!!

Book Covers.

These book covers were designed by Dareen Haggar.
I think its the limited colour palette of red, white and black that makes these so striking to look at.