Above is my final design for the book cover of Borges' 'Library of Babel'.
From the beginning I knew that I wanted to work with the hexagon form. The library which Borges describes is hexagonal, a maze of rooms interlocking and infinite.
I played around in illustrator with hexagons, trying not to make the cover simple but not boring. I didn't want to work with photo, feeling that the contents of the book is not about a physical library, therefore there should be no visual reference to one.
I like the combination of colour for the spine, the choice of font and the fact that the pattern is incomplete in particular areas. I feel it helps to bring the contained theories into the present day.
(Below - less successful designs abandoned on route to greatness..)
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