tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post1750767031102768105..comments2024-03-11T02:59:30.839-05:00Comments on The Book Design Review: Challenger Park, hardcover and paperbackJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-38327752961331351552009-03-26T00:43:00.000-05:002009-03-26T00:43:00.000-05:00Are they really the same book? Not having read any...Are they really the same book? Not having read any book blurb, what the hell is this book about? I'm off to amazon to take a look...Tania McCartneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704561641397381874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-2245920338703219502007-09-05T03:15:00.000-05:002007-09-05T03:15:00.000-05:00I recently heard Gabrielle Wilson talk about this ...I recently heard Gabrielle Wilson talk about this cover development (the hardcover) at length. It was interesting to see the many concepts (eight or more, none similar) that were tried and thrown out, many of which I preferred to the end result. It seems there might have been 'too many cooks in the kitchen' on this one.<BR/><BR/>Knowing the back story on the hardcover, much of which involved keeping the image realistic as well as integrating the family with the space concept, I don't understand the paperback at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-26384760124487476172007-09-03T18:56:00.000-05:002007-09-03T18:56:00.000-05:00I would have never associated the two and feel the...I would have never associated the two and feel they are both weak. Typographically they are interesting, but otherwise they seem like litteral explorations. On about the challenger incident and the other about an actual park. I think in the end a good book cover has to be a logical and pleasign balance of the subject matter and the metaphore needed to convey both the mood of the book and the layered nature of writing. It's a fine balance. You go in one direction or the other too far and you have yourself one of these type of covers. The upside? These two covers are not ugly. That is the other part of the bood cover design formula: At least make it nice to look at—even if it is lost on all other levels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com