Book Cover Assignment
 
Assignment: Use your knowledge of typography, color theory, and layout (CARP) principals to create a book cover for your literary journal. Keep in mind that you will include your use of basic design principals (color, typography, contrast, repetition, alignment, proximity) in the final report of your project at the end of the semester.
 
Book Cover: You must you Adobe InDesign or Photoshop to create your book cover. There are tutorials on our schedule to help you set up a document in InDesign or Photoshop. Because we will saddle-stitch the final book, you do not need to add a spine. However, you should include a 0.125" bleed around the perimeter. Your cover should also include the following information:

  -Journal Title
  -Identification (issue, date, or volume number)
  -A featured image
  -Appropriate fonts and font colors
  -Back Matter (description; blurbs; list of contributors)

Size: You have some flexibility here, but you will want to create a book that falls between 6x9 and 8.5x11 inches. Discuss the size of your book with your editorial team and make sure that the cover matches the length and width of the layout.