The Trad: Covers

13 August 2012

Covers

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

"M" Cover Options by Alex Martin of powerHouse

I'm leaning towards No. 1. Which one do you like and why?

27 comments:

Jake said...: One for sure; 13 August, 2012 16:50
Alice Olive said...: Number one. Very Mondrian. Somehow the black is the most dramatic and also the most simple/clean.; 13 August, 2012 18:58
Pedro said...: I say number 2. If I was browsing a bookshelf, it would pop out at me, the others will blend in with their surroundings. Plus the asymmetry is attractive and interesting. Symmetry should be left to nature.; 13 August, 2012 19:03
ADW said...: One looks good like this, but if I cover everything but the front cover, then I prefer two or three.; 13 August, 2012 19:05
Anonymous said...: Exclude No. 2 as I don't see teal as a very trad color.; 13 August, 2012 19:46
Trailer Trad said...: I like the Bauhaus influence found in all three covers. -But is that trad? I leave that to your sound judgment, Tin Tin.; 13 August, 2012 20:08
LouB said...: Number one. The colors work better together than the other ones, and I also see your logo in it.; 13 August, 2012 20:13
rt17 said...: #1 for me. Although I'm seeing it as navy, not black. Maybe it's my monitor...?; 13 August, 2012 20:17
tintin said...: I like these alot. My color choice was priimary and echos one of the earliest posts where a navy and yellow bow tie was paired with a red butcher stripe shirt. It is navy and not black. Is it Trad? Come on, Trailer Trad ... Wait'll you see the slip case.; 13 August, 2012 20:33
gentleman mac said...: 2; It pops out more to me than the others and I don't like how one would have to open the book and lay it flat or hold it awkwardly open to see the entire "M".; 13 August, 2012 20:37
Anonymous said...: number one only looks good when it is opened up. think about the point of purchase, when the book is on the table and how it looks. number 3 is the clear winner in that respect and would look even better if it were a V rather than a M; 13 August, 2012 20:44
M.Lane said...: I go with 1. Because I like it best. And because Alice likes it. And I don't think I have ever disagreed with A.O. about anything.

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mlanesepic.blogspot.com; 13 August, 2012 22:13
Oyster Guy said...: The spine on 1 with the white interrupted by the navy looks interesting as well. That would stand out a little more on a shelf.; 13 August, 2012 22:13
Anonymous said...: No. 1
If you're going for a creative crop, at least keep the wonderful weight of the font intact. Seen on the shelf it's a strong graphic. Take it in hand, turn it over, and it's an interactive treat.
TM; 13 August, 2012 22:15
Anonymous said...: One.; 13 August, 2012 22:52
//REW said...: I think you need the full "M" on the front cover, and the color scheme of #3 seems the most classic.

I say #3.; 14 August, 2012 03:46
Anonymous said...: Number 1 for sure. Navy is a strong colour, contrasts well wit the red and yellow.

No matter what you label it, trad or whatever, it's classy.

--Matthew; 14 August, 2012 10:11
ann said...: If one was completely on the front cover it would be my pick, but it's not. Visually 2 and 3 are more interesting because your eye and your mind have to work a little harder to understand the image. (Am I right that the fold is the white?) The full M is visible on 2 & 3, but subtly. The color pops in all 3 images. Especially in 3 with the red against yellow. Your eye should go there immediately. So I say 3.; 14 August, 2012 11:02
TRVS said...: The "M" looks like two suits holding hands, especially no.1 ~~ just an observation.
I favor no.3--love the colors (would make a great paisley tie).
~M.; 14 August, 2012 11:39
Michael Rowe said...: #1, because the others are hard to look at after awhile, for some reason. Probably the colours.; 14 August, 2012 12:13
KSB said...: Three. The blue is a bit overwhelming in One and I don't care much for the colors in Two.

Will there be a way to get autographed copies?; 14 August, 2012 12:48
Jeff P. said...: Numero Uno; 14 August, 2012 13:06
Anonymous said...: Looking at them again, i.e. as if the images were closed like a book would be on a display table, Three is sharp. There is a lot of support for number one since aesthetically it looks better open, but when you look at it closed (imagine it closed), three might is better.

--Matthew; 14 August, 2012 17:32
Julia said...: One. Symmetry.; 14 August, 2012 17:59
Anonymous said...: 2- clean, modern, startling, nice....
Zambo; 16 August, 2012 13:38
Makaga said...: #1, just because the M at that cropped-scale also looks like a pattern for half a mens shirt.; 20 August, 2012 12:03
Anonymous said...: #1 It reminds me of the best work of Peter Saville (factory Records, etc) and Mark Farrow (Pet Shop Boys, factory records) from the 1980's. As an Anglophile and Eightiesphile (OK, I think I just coined that one) this is the highest praise I have.
Doug Philadelphia; 25 August, 2012 11:26