Project Description:

I played around with three different concepts before developing the final design

Concept 1 was stylized like a 80s or 90s thriller. I kept the font in the bottom third of the page and had each word in the title separated to a single line and repeated until it reached the left margin of the page. The words gradually become larger as it progresses until “corner” takes up the whole bottom of the page. The effect is gradual and I highlighted one of the words in each line to give the appearance of a staircase. 

Concept 2 was a replication of the newspaper formats seen in the Edwardian period notices. These small messages began with a drop cap to distinguish them from each other, so I replicated this format with the book title and author name. Important detail to note: the novel involves a framing device of a journalist interviewing the detective.

Concept 3 was the most abstract concept. The detective is constantly pointing to small details which he uses to solve the case so I utilized typographer’s fists for my design. I arranged them so one fist is pointing left and the other is flipped to point right, I repeated this in a pattern horizontally, then copied the pattern vertically to cover the whole page.  

The Final Design blends Concept 1 and 3. I used the typographer’s fist but instead of having them arrange horizonally, I anngled them to point at the “corner” of the page, referencing the title of the book, “This Old Man in the Corner.” I then used the red highlighting color I did in Concept 1 to highlight the fists which were point directly at the right corner of the page.