Scary-Bad Book Design


Otherwise known as “Covers I Don’t Like Today”…!

Barack Obama is a rising political star, charismatic, articulate, and thoughtful. Why the cover to his latest book can’t be any of those qualities is a mystery:

obama-hope.jpg

Where to start? The portrait? How the title’s handled? The colors and placement? Ug.

Only the runner-up in the scary-bad category today, though. Today’s winner:

the-god-delusion.jpg

“Delusional” might be a good description, all right — of the cover.

Happy Halloween.


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Posted by Giles, Tuesday, October 31, 2006, at 10:17 AM.
Posted to Book design

Comments:

I think the cover shows a timely and creative use of aluminum foil. I hear (from trustworthy TV ads) that aluminum foil keeps things sealed and keeps food fresh. This cover helps to assure that the pages inside are not in danger of exposure to outside air.

Jim Sutton , October 31, 2006 7:25 PM (#)

I can never resist these.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dystopos/285159065/

Dystopos , October 31, 2006 8:14 PM (#)

I’m not sure I get what the problem is. That the author’s name is bigger than God? The author doesn’t believe in the existence of God and that’s what the book is about. You wouldn’t object to this heirarchy if the book were about the Flying Spaghetti Monster, would you?

Carrie Hamilton , January 25, 2007 3:13 PM (#)

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