JUST — Book Cover ✻ 2024
Client name: Storyhouse Works - Hannah Huber
A new release (in June 2024) from Storyhouse Works: JUST - 'A crusade for credit by Radiohead's first true fan' by Paul McCarthy. Paul wanted to go for the standardized photographic cover design for his book that Storyhouse Works offers. Standardized cover designs are for authors who are looking for a simple design using one of the font and colour palette options the package offers and already have a cover photograph, typography, or illustration in hand that they want to use.
Paul wanted to use his own photography on the cover. A collage of torn paper layered on top of each other incorporating lyrics taken from his poetry. I applied a coloured filter on the original photo and tried to create an atmosphere using dark and dramatic colours meeting more pop and lively ones!
Told with unflinching humour and at times, brutal honesty, this is the story of an enduring love of rock 'n' roll against unthinkable odds - a quest for recognition in the face of silence. Author McCarthy's passion for music and poetry propels you along in this vivd memoir of the 90's rock and race scene.
The beautiful layout of this book is done by SHW layout guru Lisa Hall of Lemonberry. You can order your paperback copy on Storyhouse Works website. It was a pleasure as always, working with Hannah Huber and Lisa Hall.