cover design – Philosophics

I’ve selected the cover colour for Architecture of Willing. It’s monograph number 3 in a series. I chose a dark aubergine-violet colour (#4b256b) because I like the contrast, and it is different to the other 2.

Monograph #1 is When Language Fails: Ontological Pluralism and the Limits of Moral Resolution, which is rather a slate charcoal grey (#3c3f47).

Slate Charcoal Grey

#2 is The Architecture of Encounter: A Mediated Encounter Ontology, which is mulberry (#9e1f63).

Mulberry

I discussed Chapter 1 of The Architecture of Willing in a recent post, as well as a piece on my review process. I’ll be sharing more presently. I expect it to be completed by the end of May, but time will tell. Even though I’ve gone through seven revision passes, errors and fixes continue to crop up all the way to production – in fact, even afterwards.

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I’ve been experimenting with different cover designs most of the day. I’m leaning toward this one.

It’s intentionally minimalist, uses a story element – the red button – and avoids a box, which had been in some earlier design candidates.

I’ve always published fiction as Ridley Park, as I shall continue, but I usually get into a mindset of that persona. For The Box, I didn’t, and it doesn’t feel like that, so I opted to use my own name when I release this.

Yet again, I solicited designers, but they inevitably ask what I am looking for. Honestly, if I knew, I’d do it myself. I am not opposed to design assistance or even execution, but it needs to be upstream and not down.

I’ll not dawdle here because I need to save details for the release. I just wanted to share where I am at the end of the day.

Tag: cover design

Architecture of Willing Cover Art

The Box: Cover Design