Final Design Evaluation

Overall I feel the final cover for In Cold Blood (see figure 1 and 2)  works successfully as I've been able to reference the key events within the books whilst questioning the involvement of different characters through the inclusion of a suspect list. The design is successful due to the simple nature of design which allows the list to be questioned by the reader in order to spark their interest in the book. In addition the use of red highlights impact of the killers on family and draws attention to those involved. Despite the successes of the cover if I had more time I could experiment with different ways to demonstrate those involved instead of the use of a simple list. However I feel the simple use of a list allows the characters to be the main focus. Overall the cover works well to represents book as a whole whilst focusing on an interesting and less obvious section of the book due to the inclusion of Floyd Wells. In relation to the back the layout works well to break up lots of information to create a spacious design which is emulated on the front through the use of splitting the information between the top and bottom of the design. However I feel further experimentations with colour could of created a more intersting cover as the use of red is quite generic therefor if I had more time I would experiment in this area further. I comparison to existing covers the design avoids the use of obvious image and textures typography, referencing the refined style of the first edition cover through the focus on typography. 

Figure 1

Figure 2