Book design inspiration

If you’re looking for escapism, 2023’s book cover design trends seem determined to banish the darkness. This year feels less about the words and more about the feeling: it seems like it’s time to forget guidelines around hierarchy and decorum and just let rip. Check out the 2023 book cover design trends.

This book cover shows excellent figure ground/negative space. The contours formed by the position of the fox serve as the shape of a boy, I'm assuming "Peter." This empty space also creates a wonderful focal point for the book title to nestle into.

Take a look at July’s finest winning designs, find some inspiration and vote for your favorite.

MEMORIES by Millie is a photo memory book service. I wanted the brand to feel nostalgic & almost hazy. For that personal touch, I included a script font, keeping everything else simple, letting the photography be the focus.

A major anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami This is a celebration of the Japanese short story from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to remarkable contemporary works. It includes the most well-known Japanese writers - Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new pieces, from Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to Banana Yoshimoto's 'Bee Honey'. Ranging over myth, horror, love, nature, modern life, a diabolical painting, a cow…

Towards the end of last year we spotted the delightfully designed book covers of Janet Hansen in The New York Times’ _The Best Book Covers of 2016_ list. The chosen design was a typographic illusion cover of Rebecca Schiff’s novel _The Bed Moved_, that would stop any avid reader or design fiend in their tracks. After discovering that Janet is a designer at Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House, we soon unearthed an array of thoughtfully apt book covers.

Brand and Identity Design Concept by Zeka Design for Cherie Paris, french fashion brand logo design project.

Looking for the best vintage cookbooks? Expand your collection with these new titles that have old-fashioned flair and retro charm.

BOOK DESIGN // 2 designed by Nazarii Studio©. Connect with them on Dribbble; the global community for designers and creative professionals.

The Paris-based design studio founded by Thomas Bizzarri and Alain Rodriguez discuss its collaborative practice centred on book design and typography. Not to mention how “all [their] artistic influences comes from the world of design and design history."