Situation:
As a personal project, I set out to design a collection of classic book covers with a minimalist and typographic focus. My goal was to reinterpret literary masterpieces through a modern design lens, creating a cohesive visual system that celebrated the power of simplicity, symbolism, and typography.

Task:
I aimed to develop a strong and unified visual identity centered around a publisher concept I created called “Latinta,” a blend of the words Latino and tinta (ink). Each cover needed to visually capture the essence of its novel while maintaining a consistent design language across the collection through typography, color, and symbolism.

Action:
I chose a minimalist and clean approach where typography played the leading role. Color became a narrative element. The colors were red for war, beige for the people, black and white for luxury, and purple for magic.

• War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy): Used an old style serif typeface to evoke history and tradition, paired with a bear claw to symbolize Russia.

• Les Misérables (Victor Hugo): Selected a humanist sans serif to reflect the people and the industrial revolution, with a translucent silhouette of a man in a hat representing Madeleine.

• The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald): Chose an italic Didot to express elegance and luxury, complemented by a collar and tie symbol representing Gatsby.

• The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann): Used Paul Renner’s Futura for its modernist tone, slightly slanted to create a sense of floating in time, enhanced by four pointed stars to evoke magic.

Result:
The project resulted in a visually cohesive collection that balances typographic elegance and conceptual clarity. Each design captured the atmosphere of its novel while contributing to a unified visual identity under the Latinta concept, showcasing how minimalism and symbolism can reinterpret literary classics through modern design.

Expertise:

Typhography Selection, Graphic Design, 3D modeling,

Tools:

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Cinema 4D.

Keywords:

Books - Typography - Book Covers - Editorial Design