Michael Pollan
[Task] Book Cover Trilogy
[Size] 5.75˝ x 8.5˝ x 0.75˝, 2.875˝ flap
[Type] Helvetica
[Tools] InDesign, Illustrator
Consume, simplify and understand. This could be the mantra for Michael Pollan’s food science trilogy, The Botany of Desire, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and In Defense of Food. The simplicity and logic he stresses in the books are reflected on their covers, as thematic foods are rendered in combinations of geometric shapes. They are designed to encourage readers to think of food as the basic building blocks of life—important, but not intimidating.
[Size] 5.75˝ x 8.5˝ x 0.75˝, 2.875˝ flap
[Type] Helvetica
[Tools] InDesign, Illustrator
Consume, simplify and understand. This could be the mantra for Michael Pollan’s food science trilogy, The Botany of Desire, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and In Defense of Food. The simplicity and logic he stresses in the books are reflected on their covers, as thematic foods are rendered in combinations of geometric shapes. They are designed to encourage readers to think of food as the basic building blocks of life—important, but not intimidating.