Book Cover Design: Reimagine a Classic

Overview

“In this class, I will talk about the emergence of the cover with images, the evolution of graphic processes and technology, as well as giving examples of covers throughout history.”

In this video lesson Rafael Nobre addresses the topic: Brief history of book covers, which is part of the Domestika online course: Book Cover Design: Reimagine a Classic. Combine images and text to create memorable book covers and bring your designs to life using Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.

Partial transcription of the video

“Brief history of book covers In this class, we will see some of the transformations that the cover of the book has suffered throughout history and understand how it moved from a protective role for covers with seductive images. To understand these transformations, we need to see the political, economic and social context what was going on at that time in history. pre-Gutenberg period Until the 15th century, book production was a completely artisanal process. and centralized in the hands of the Church. This process begins to change from the Renaissance and the growth of cities in Europe. The...”

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Course summary for: Book Cover Design: Reimagine a Classic

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (58)
• 2101 students
• 4 units
• 20 lessons (3h 34m)
• 10 downloads

• Category

  Design, Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Design, Digital Illustration, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Graphic Design