Design Thinking for Book Covers and Visual Concepts
How to Start: Reading and Your Book Design Toolbox
A course by Catherine Casalino , Book Designer
About the video: How to Start: Reading and Your Book Design Toolbox
Overview
“With so many ways to approach a book cover design, taking the first step can be daunting... To start a book design, you really only need two things: a book (someone else’s creative work that you are responding to) and your own creativity. In this lesson, I will talk about how the book informs the design and how to build and expand your own creative toolbox. ”
In this video lesson Catherine Casalino addresses the topic: How to Start: Reading and Your Book Design Toolbox, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design Thinking for Book Covers and Visual Concepts. Expand your creative toolbox by exploring the book cover design process and learning how to apply it to a graphic design project.
Partial transcription of the video
“ How to start: Reading and Your Book Design Toolbox Now that we've learned a bit more about the book cover process and the design approaches you can take, in this lesson, we'll talk about where to start, what's in your toolbox, and how to read. At its most simple, with book design, you only need two things. You need a text to respond to and your creative toolbox. Every book design is a response to someone else's creativity. Somebody took years, months, ages of their life to write a book, and you have to start there. This is communication art. You're using the book cover design to communica...”
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Course summary for: Design Thinking for Book Covers and Visual Concepts
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Art Direction, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Typography
Catherine Casalino
A course by Catherine Casalino
Book designer Catherine Casalino is the creative director of Casalino Design, an award-winning independent creative studio based in New York City that specializes in book design, print, and branding. Before starting her studio, Catherine worked as an in-house designer and art director for renowned publishers such as Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Grand Central Publishing.
For over two decades, she has been creating designs for a variety of well-known authors and clients, including Stephen King, A+E Networks, IBM, and The New York Times. Catherine’s designs have received recognition from prestigious organizations and publications such as AIGA, PRINT magazine, Communication Arts, Eye magazine, and the New York Book Show. She has also served as a judge for competitions hosted by associations like the Art Directors Club, the Type Directors Club, and the Association of American University Presses.
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