As one of my first design pieces, I was tasked to redesign a book cover of my choosing. I designed this cassette-inspired cover for this book, tying back to a key part of the story: the recently deceased main character leaves notes for her friends in the form of tapes to listen to. When designing this, I turned what was once a flat, portrait-style design into an object that almost looks like a prop from the story. This piece won a spot in Samford University’s Student Juried Exhibition.

The book includes heavy and serious topics, so the cover I designed had to reflect that. I chose muted, darker colors and neutral typefaces to reflect the serious themes of the book without making it look too dark or uninteresting. Overall, this cover was meant to show the mood of the book in a way that relates directly to the story while also drawing the reader in. Hopefully a reader would want to pick up the book solely because it looks like a non-book object.