Bookshelf
Bookshelf
Visualizing textual imagination
Visualizing textual imagination
Graphic Design
Type
Type
Book Cover Design
Book Cover Design
Timeline
Timeline
Jul 2020 - Sep 2020
Jul 2020 - Sep 2020
Jul 2020 - Sep 2020
The Bookshelf Project is a collection of redesigned covers for 20 books that I read during my time in the Navy.
The Bookshelf Project is a collection of redesigned covers for 20 books that I read during my time in the Navy.
"Can you see images beyond the text?"
"Can you see images beyond the text?"
Background
Background
One of the few joys in life during my time in the Navy was reading. I think Captain Ramsey's words from the movie Crimson Tide summarise my military life quite well: "We're here to preserve democracy, not to practice it." When freedom is restricted, creativity and imagination seem to grow.
This project is about visualizing the images that lingered only in my mind while I was sailing across the vast ocean.
One of the few joys in life during my time in the Navy was reading. I think Captain Ramsey's words from the movie Crimson Tide summarise my military life quite well: "We're here to preserve democracy, not to practice it." When freedom is restricted, creativity and imagination seem to grow.
This project is about visualizing the images that lingered only in my mind while I was sailing across the vast ocean.
When you read a book, what do you think about? As for me, I create my own stage, my own movie, combining all the images, sounds, textures, and scents I've experienced and seen in my subconscious.
When you read a book, what do you think about? As for me, I create my own stage, my own movie, combining all the images, sounds, textures, and scents I've experienced and seen in my subconscious.
Ten Years of Madness - Feng Jicai
Ten Years of Madness - Feng Jicai
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 - Cho Nam-joo
The Dwarf - Cho Se-hui
Justice - Michael J. Sandel
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 - Cho Nam-joo
The Dwarf - Cho Se-hui
Justice - Michael J. Sandel
Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
Of Human Bondage - W. Somerset Maugham
The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Of Human Bondage - W. Somerset Maugham
The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus
Animal Farm - George Orwell
The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
The Old Man and The Sea - Ernest Hemingway
Thunderstorm - Cao Yu
No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai
The Old Man and The Sea - Ernest Hemingway
Thunderstorm - Cao Yu
No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai
Offending the Audience - Peter Handke
Offending the Audience - Peter Handke
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus - Ludwig Wittgenstein
The Golden Hour - Lee Guk-jong
The House of Asterion - Jorge Luis Borges
Snowpiercer - Jacques Lob
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus - Ludwig Wittgenstein
The Golden Hour - Lee Guk-jong
The House of Asterion - Jorge Luis Borges
Snowpiercer - Jacques Lob
If Our Language is Whisky - Haruki Murakami
If Our Language is Whisky - Haruki Murakami
Night Flight - Saint Exupéry
Night Flight - Saint Exupéry
Outro
Outro
I imagined the cover of Night Flight, a work by Saint-Exupéry, while gazing at the countless stars over the East Sea.
Beyond the basic human need for survival lies the desire for self-actualization. My time in the Navy felt like a constant struggle between these two needs.
The Bookshelf Project became a light exercise that helped me maintain my sense of form, and it reminded me once again of how precious it is to think and create.
I imagined the cover of Night Flight, a work by Saint-Exupéry, while gazing at the countless stars over the East Sea.
Beyond the basic human need for survival lies the desire for self-actualization. My time in the Navy felt like a constant struggle between these two needs.
The Bookshelf Project became a light exercise that helped me maintain my sense of form, and it reminded me once again of how precious it is to think and create.
References
References
Crimson Tide(1995) - Tony Scott
Novelist as a Vocation - Haruki Murakami
Judge This - Chip Kidd
GO - Chip Kidd
Why They Didn't Teach You in Design School - Phil Cleaver
Cover - Peter Mendelsund
What We See When We Read - Peter Mendelsund
Crimson Tide(1995) - Tony Scott
Novelist as a Vocation - Haruki Murakami
Judge This - Chip Kidd
GO - Chip Kidd
Why They Didn't Teach You in Design School - Phil Cleaver
Cover - Peter Mendelsund
What We See When We Read - Peter Mendelsund