Publication Design Collection

Book Cover Designs

Covers for Tamil books by Sri Lankan and diaspora writers — five designs that carry the tone of the writing before a single page is turned.

Category
Publication design
Collection
5 book covers
Language
Tamil
Studio
WhiteFox Studios
Overview

About the project

A good cover is a book’s first sentence. It has to stand out on a shelf and in a thumbnail, and it has to stay true to the story inside. This collection brings together covers we’ve designed for poetry, essays, political writing and post-war memoir.

Every cover starts from the manuscript. Nanthikkadal Pesukirathu uses blood-red archival photographs for a book about the post-war years, while Puli lets a tiger peer over the bottom edge of a weathered red cover. Kandathu Mozhithal tears a traditional pattern open to reveal a wall of missing-person posters. Tamil title lettering ties each one to its author’s voice.

The collection

5 book covers

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  • நந்திக்கடல் பேசுகிறதுNanthikkadal PesukirathuPost-war essays · Jera
  • காலியாக்கப்பட்ட நாற்காலியில் அமர்ந்திருக்கும் புலிPuliPolitical columns · P. Theiveegan
  • கண்டது மொழிதல்Kandathu MozhithalArunmozhivarman
  • குறமகள்KuramagalArunmozhivarman
  • ஒப்பாரிOppariK. Vasudevan
The work

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