Book Cover & Logo Design Inspiration
I love elephants. I listened to an NPR interview with an author and researcher who released her new findings on the elephant's trunk/tail and its fascinating capabilities. The book cover showcased here is my design conception for the research on elephants, in particular their trunks and tails.
This book cover was inspired by a research study released in 2024 about the fascinating findings on Elephants. I wanted to design something that reflected admiration and respect for their complex social-emotional systems while capturing beauty and love. The cover design features a mother and baby elephant (downloaded from Pexels) symbolizing familial love. Birds in the sky represent the broader ecosystem. The title and author name are incorporated in text boxes for a clean look and a sleek finish.
Many organizations are working in South Florida locally and at the national level for Palestine. The main design inspiration for the logo was to develop a coalition for these organizations under an umbrella organization called Peace 4 Palestine. I wanted to incorporate birds (representing freedom and flight of the oppressed), as well as symbolizing peace. In my initial rendering, I went with drawing an actual bird above the font/name of the organization but it looked too complex and almost mimicked the Twitter logo, which I did not like at all. I transitioned away from a real-looking bird to a sketch-like rendering with calligraphy lines, that are soft and curvy, instead of rigid and flat.
I created this logo for a fictitious organization that may represent a coalition working for the cause of Palestine called Peace 4 Palestine. I wanted the design to be minimalist, yet clear and easily recognizable. I wanted a somber effect that highlights the current state and condition for the millions of people in the war yet adds vibrancy with vivid colors that are not just close to the locals there but something that gives and represents hope.
I chose the gray background with a square/rectangular dimension to simply display mapped out, and rigid borders and lines. I wanted the birds to have a dimension of flight, which was accomplished through the soft and calligraphy-style lines. I added colors to the bird figures representing Palestine’s flag colors. The four birds represent the colors of Palestine's flag, as well as the plea of its people for freedom, which is nestled in the name of the organization in the middle.