I came across this BuzzFeed article on my Facebook news feed the other day about 18 beautifully designed book covers from the new Pocket Penguin Series. I LOVE looking at book covers! In fact, my favorite project from Typography I is my To Kill A Mockingbird redesigned book cover. From reading article I found out that these books consist of famous and not so famous classic novels that were pulled deep from the archives of Penguin Books. I also found out these books are also small enough for you to carry in your back pocket, ergo the name, “Pocket Penguins.” But what was really interesting for me was how simplistic these book covers really are because They all have the same layout on the front and back covers. The front covers consist of two bold blocks of color and basic book cover info (author and title) but have the publisher smack dab in the middle separating the two color blocks and the book number at the bottom. On the back, front cover color is seen by font color of the quote and Penguin Books logo. Colors are consistent and adhere to a color-coding system based on the publishing origins (ex. orange= English; red= Russian; purple= French). Based on the minimalist style, it’s safe to say that the covers are for an audience who want a pocket sized book. Overall, I think they have a successful type pairing happening. Also, the covers make excellent use of the white space to draw in attention from the front to the back. I would definitely buy one of these books.

BuzzFeed Article: https://www.buzzfeed.com/danieldalton/pocket-penguins?utm_term=.vgeOb2erjW#.gl7gPl7Bz3