Minimalist Covers Are Quietly Demanding Attention

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We'll also see more covers that use bold print but obfuscate parts of the letters with pattern, like the decorative flame elements of A Separation that overlap the title's letters. In the eyes of Grace book cover A lovely, quiet book cover by llywellyn. Imagine Me Gone book cover Via Back Bay Books. FAT book cover The cover for Fat shows that large text can be minimalist too when supported by white space By goopanic On the other end of the spectrum, a steadily increasing amount of designers are eschewing the busy and choosing to create quiet, purposefully minimalist covers instead.

These are covers that aren't bursting at the seams with image manipulation serviceletters and pattern, but focus on one central element and give it space to shine. Even a cover like the one for Fat balances the size and weight of the letters with an equally huge amount of white space, to create a reduced and focussed impression. In a world that favors the busy, loud, and bright, there's something to be said for the single graphic element of the eye on In the Eyes of Grace Or the purposefully removed letters in Imagine Me Gone. These covers allow their graphics and titles plenty of room to breathe, which makes them all the more powerful.


The minimalist covers we'll see in know how to grab readers' eyes by showing less. After Him book cover design A quiet book cover that draws readers in. Cover design by TintoDeVerano. Hand-drawn covers are breaking new ground Freckles over Scars book cover design Hand-lettered book cover by Llywellyn. From novels and children's books to mysteries, illustrated covers have been blowing up for the past few years. It appears the hand-lettered trend is another that hasn't lost its luster. In 2018 we 'll see a movement away from the intensely girly.