Designers to Know

Here is some art works for the list of designers to know that Tad gave us.

Saul Bass:

Alexander Girard

Alex Steinweiss

Steven Heller:

What makes a successful book jacket?

I believe that the three book covers that I pulled are successful, because of how simple they are. The design on each cover is easy to read and recognize what the book is or could be about.

On the Eat, Pray, Love cover, the type is made out of objects., which is so unique because the objects somewhat represent what they are spelling out. As well, it isn't done dramatically, which makes the title easy to read. On the Schulz and Peanuts cover, it is just an up close picture of Charlie Brown's shirt. That design is easily read as Charlie Brown because most people can recognize the pattern. I think that is successful because the designer could have used the characters, but instead used something that could also be read as 'Charlie Brown.' The wide awake cover is successful because instead of using the obvious picture/graphic it uses a somewhat wide clock that also is used as a boarder. It is again another simple, but unique cover that does not go over the top with graphics.

Overall, the reason all three are successful is because of the simplicity the covers have, but are still able to get the subject/message across to the readers.

3 books chosen for Typography 2.

1) title of the book

2) author (short bio)

3) other books by the same other

4) short synopsis / plot / summary

5) what is the feeling of the book (descriptive words at least 12)

6) what is the message?

7) protagonist does...

8) antagonist does...

9) 1 - 3 quote(s) from a character(s)

10) why did you pick this book to redesign?

The first book I chose is Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult.

1.) Handle with Care

2.) Jodi Picoult. Jodi Lynn Picoult was born on May 19, 1966, in Nesconset on Long Island in New York. Picoult studied creative writing with Mary Morris at Princeton, and had two short stories published in Seventeen magazine while still a student. Realism - and a profound desire to be able to pay the rent - led Picoult to a series of different jobs following her graduation: as a technical writer for a Wall Street brokerage firm, as a copywriter at an ad agency, as an editor at a textbook publisher, and as an 8th grade English teacher - before entering Harvard to pursue a master's in education. She married Tim Van Leer, whom she had known at Princeton, and it was while she was pregnant with her first child that she wrote her first novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale. She and Tim and their three children live in Hanover, New Hampshire with three Springer spaniels, two donkeys, two geese, eight ducks, five chickens, and the occasional Holstein.

3.)Nineteen Minutes, Vanishing Acts, Change of Heart, House Rules, My Sister’s Keeper, and Keeping Faith.

4.)When Charlotte and Sean O’Keefe’s daughter, Willow, is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta, they are devastated – she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. As the family struggles to make ends meet to cover Willow’s medical expenses, Charlotte thinks she has found an answer. If she files a wrongful birth lawsuit against her ob/gyn for not telling her in advance that her child would be born severely disabled, the monetary payouts might ensure a lifetime of care for Willow. But it means that Charlotte has to get up in a court of law and say in public that she would have terminated the pregnancy if she’d known about the disability in advance – words that her husband can’t abide, that Willow will hear, and that Charlotte cannot reconcile. And the ob/gyn she’s suing isn’t just her physician – it’s her best friend.

5.)Sadness, Joy, Angry, Misery, Heartache, Annoyed, Irritated, Triumph, Indifferent, Religious, Devotional, Commitment

6.)The message is to inform the readers about Osteogenesis Imperfecta and how families with disabled children are effected. As well, Jodi Picoult gives perspective for each of the characters and it allowed the readers how everyone is effected by what the family is going through. Lastly, it questions what it takes to be a good mother and how she would do literally anything to giver her daughter a better lifestyle.

7.)The protagonist of the story is Willow O’Keefe. Throughout the story, we never get to listen to Willow’s point of view until the very end of the story. She is the one diagnosed with Osteogenesis Impterfecta and suffers many broken bones throughout the story. Because of her condition, her mother decides to sue to get Willow a better lifestyle.

8.)The antagonist of the story is Charlotte O’Keefe. The reason she is the antagonist is because she goes to extreme measures in order for Willow to have a better life. She also gave up her life to take care of Willow, but once everyone found out she was suing for wrongful birth she turned into the bad guy. She risked everything to get money to support Willow.

9.) "When you think you’re right, you are most likely wrong. Things that break-be they bones, hearts or promises- can be put back together but will never really be whole.” - Charlotte O’Keefe

10.) The reason I picked this book to redesign was because it is a very emotional book and holds a deep meaning to it. So far, it has been one of my favorite books that I have read also. The message that the book carries really inspired me and I felt strong about the message it was trying to send.

The second book I chose is Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

1.) Nineteen Minutes

2.)Jodi Picoult. Jodi Lynn Picoult was born on May 19, 1966, in Nesconset on Long Island in New York. Picoult studied creative writing with Mary Morris at Princeton, and had two short stories published in Seventeen magazine while still a student. Realism - and a profound desire to be able to pay the rent - led Picoult to a series of different jobs following her graduation: as a technical writer for a Wall Street brokerage firm, as a copywriter at an ad agency, as an editor at a textbook publisher, and as an 8th grade English teacher - before entering Harvard to pursue a master's in education. She married Tim Van Leer, whom she had known at Princeton, and it was while she was pregnant with her first child that she wrote her first novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale. She and Tim and their three children live in Hanover, New Hampshire with three Springer spaniels, two donkeys, two geese, eight ducks, five chickens, and the occasional Holstein.

3.)Handle with Care, Vanishing Acts, Change of Heart, House Rules, My Sister’s Keeper, and Keeping Faith.

4.)In Sterling, New Hampshire, 17-year-old high school student Peter Houghton has endured years of verbal and physical abuse at the hands of classmates. His best friend, Josie Cormier, succumbed to peer pressure and now hangs out with the popular crowd that often instigates the harassment. One final incident of bullying sends Peter over the edge and leads him to commit an act of violence that forever changes the lives of Sterling’s residents. Even those who were not inside the school that morning find their lives in an upheaval, including Alex Cormier. The superior court judge assigned to the Houghton case, Alex—whose daughter, Josie, witnessed the events that unfolded—must decide whether or not to step down. She’s torn between presiding over the biggest case of her career and knowing that doing so will cause an even wider chasm in her relationship with her emotionally fragile daughter. Josie, meanwhile, claims she can’t remember what happened in the last fatal minutes of Peter’s rampage. Or can she? And Peter’s parents, Lacy and Lewis Houghton, ceaselessly examine the past to see what they might have said or done to compel their son to such extremes. Nineteen Minutes also features the return of two of Jodi Picoult’s characters—defense attorney Jordan McAfee from The Pact and Salem Falls- and Patrick DuCharme, the intrepid detective introduced in Perfect Match.

5.) Riveting, Shocking, Depressing, Thoughtful, Captivating, Absorbing, Horrifying, Frightful, Gloomy, Painful, Dark, Mind Opening.

6.) The message of the story is about school shootings and how bullying effects the lives of students. As well, it deals with depression and suicidal high school students. The message is to stop bullying and that killing others is not the answer. There is always someone that is the odd man out and they are the ones who make the popular kids ‘popular.’ Lastly, it shows how a shooting effects everyone outside of the school instead of just the students within the school.

7.)The protagonist of the story is Josie Cormier. Everyone in the story is connected to her in someway. Her mother is the judge and is known throughout the entire town. She left her only friend behind to become popular and was dating one of the jocks. When the school shooting happened, Josie couldn’t remember a thing and ends up being a key witness in the trial.

8.)The antagonist of the story is Peter Houghton. The main thing that he does is start the school shooting. Throughout his entire schooling, he was always bullied for being scrawny and very geeky looking. He was always an outcast and Josie was his only friend until the sixth grade. The entire town absolutely hates him and what he had down to their children. He scarred everyone’s life and ruined many.

9.) “I have to act the way people expect me to act. It’s part of the whole.. thing. If I don’t... It’s complicated, You wouldn’t understand.” - Josie

10.) The reason I picked this book was because it sends a strong message to all high school kids and even middle school kids that violence is not an answer. Plus, it only does bad and it doesn’t do one bit of good. It is a book that intrigues the reader and makes people realize what popularity is doing to most teenagers. Lastly, it is something that most people face everyday and this book raises so many questions about how children are raised.

The third book I chose is Lord of the Flies by William Golding

1.) Lord of the Flies

2.)William Golding. William Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911 and was educated at Marlborough Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford. Apart from writing, his past and present occupations include being a schoolmaster, a lecturer, an actor, a sailor, and a musician. His father was a schoolmaster and his mother was a suffragette. He was brought up to be a scientist, but revolted. After two years at Oxford he read English literature instead, and became devoted to Anglo-Saxon. He spent five years at Oxford. Published a volume of poems in 1935. Taught at Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury. Joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and spent six years afloat, except for seven months in New York and six months helping Lord Cherwell at the Naval Research Establishment. He saw action against battleships (at the sinking of the Bismarck), submarines and aircraft. Finished as Lieutenant in command of a rocket ship. He was present off the French coast for the D-Day invasion, and later at the island of Walcheren. After the war he returned to teaching, and began to write again. Lord of the Flies, his first novel, was published in 1954. It was filmed by Peter Brook in 1963.

3.)The Inheritors, Pincher Martin, Free Fall, The Spire, The Pyramid, Darkness Visible and The Paper Men.

4.)Some boys are trapped on a desert island because of a plane crash. They are from a military school. There is a pilot with them, the father of one of the boys but he is in both a mentally and physically unstable condition. He dies, and the boys have to survive by hunting for meat and killing pigs. Eventually they are split into 2 tribes, Jack's tribe and Ralph's tribe. Ralph has been elected chief of the island but most boys are in Jack (the lead hunter)'s tribe. Jack's tribe kill Piggy (the last remaining member of Ralph's tribe) and Ralph is alone. There is a big chase scene during which the boys set fire to the island. Ralph runs out into a clearing to discover a troupe of soldiers who saw the fire and have come to rescue them.

5.)Disgusted, Psychological, Animals, Backstabbing, Wild, Savagery, Ferocious, Untamable, Barbarous, Naive, Young, Imaginative.

6.)The message of this book is to show the readers that in order to survive, people will make sacrifices. As well, it sends the message that there are many skills to know in order to survive in the wild, without any adults.

7.) Ralph is the protagonist. He is 12 years old, tall, blond, and attractive. Ralph is a natural leader and after discovering the conch shell, he is elected as leader of the boys. Throughout the novel Ralph tries to establish order and focus on rescue. He decides that a boy can only speak at the meetings if he is holding the conch shell. He wants to keep the fire on the mountain going so that is a plane passes, the boys can be saved. He also encourages the boys to build huts. He is very much a true human because although he tries to maintain order, he is often tempted by the indulgences of the other boys. He occasionally makes foolish mistakes, such as joining in with the hysteria of the other boys and killing Simon. When Jack forms a separate, rival group focus in on hunting and savagery rather than rescue, Ralph fights against the superstition and the terror of the other boys. When the numbers in his party begin to diminish, Ralph is left to survive on his own in the forest being chased by the transformed savage boys.

8.) Jack is the antagonist. He is tall, redheaded, and emerges as the leader of the choir boys. When Ralph becomes the initial leader, Jack becomes upset, for he wanted that position but instead becomes the leader of the "hunters." Jack leads the boys from civilized young men into savages through the novel. He is malicious and animalistic. As structure breaks down, Jack forms his own separate sect separating from Ralph and the rest of the group. Jack is a cruel bully, who is constantly violent and threatens those below him. Jack is always ready to fight. Jack constantly attempts to weaken others. He breaks Piggy's glasses and leads the others towards Piggy's murder. He brings the boys into mass hysteria and eventually hunts Ralph down like an animal.

9.)“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast. . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?” - Simon

10.) I picked this book to redesign because it has a nature and wild theme to it that can allow me to make a really forest, wild type for the title. As well, it has so many main parts to it, that I will have a lot to work with. Lastly, it is a book that many people should be able to recognize quickly.