i've also been looking at the use of japanese symbols...that i think could also work on the covers

Dust jacket

i have been thinking of idea's for my dust jacket and one of the first things i thought might be good to take a look at was the theme of Japanese art. each book could have a different design but they would still work well as a series because they all have the same style of art.

these are a few images i picked out that i thought some element could be used on the covers:

(images from google search)

http://www.anothertompetty.com/orionbooks.html

These are a series of book jackets designed by Tom Petty.

these are a series of books written by H.G Wells, in the designing  of these jackets he picked one visual element from each of them and used that as his main inspiration of the covers. i thought they were really unique and a really clever idea.

http://www.icoeye.com/blog/?p=125

these next set of books were designed by igor "rogix" idushlivy. i like these because of the bookmark added to the design. i thought this was really funny, creative and practical too! 

this is a basic layout design for a dust jacket, i thought before working on my design it would be best to see how the image would be laid out. That way it will be easier to transfer my design.

book design research

http://www.mckennakemp.com/work/virginia-woolf-books/

these are Virginia Woolf books, Mrs. Dalloway, To The Lighthouse and The Waves redesigned by Mckenna Kemp. I liked the design of these books and the way they flow into one another. for me, this is a good example of how i want my own dust jacket designs to look.

Dust Jacket Design Research

here are a few images of book covers and jackets that i found on the internet.

the last three images are re-designs of books in a series, i like the way they all share similar or the same element(s) i felt the designs used were relevant and i thought they really worked.

Dust Jacket Design Research

http://cargocollective.com/search/Book-Jacket-Design - there were loads of great examples of book cover projects people have done, i thought this one really stood out:

Its for a series of make-up books and i thought the idea of having    eye's showing on one book, the nose on the second and the mouth on the third was a really creative.

Dust Jacket Design

For this assignment we have to re-design the following book dust covers: 'the wind-up bird chronicle', 'norwegian wood', 'kafka on the shore', 'the elephant vanishes' and 'dance dance dance' by Japanese author Haruki Murakami.

  I began by researching the books and finding out what the book's were about and what were the original cover designs, i found loads of images online, these are a few of my favorites.