What aspects need to be involved in the album cover design? What content needs to appear on the album cover?

(1) The cover only shows the title of the book, the name of the author, the name of the publisher, etc.

Use ordinary white paper and print in one to four colors

This type of design is mostly used for orthographic types in academic books and professional works

(2) Design with clear expressions, concise explanations and images (paintings or photography works) that basically reflect the main points of the content.

There are many additive types used in practical and entertainment picture albums

(3) Works that only consist of basic cultural elements and are difficult to convey the meaning of the content. In order to help readers facilitate Understand, select articles or photos directly from the book's text and quote them on the cover. (4) Express from the text to the cover, comprehensively conveying the four elements of text, image, color and material. A creative comprehensive expression type

This form of design is more suitable for culture, art, and ideological cultivation readings

The expressiveness of its content and feelings often give people a taste of infinite artistic conception from the vision and even the heart< /p>

In fact, album design is more than just these four forms. All forms are restricted by their connotations, but excellent designs are all about jumping out of limitations, expressing and transcending the content, and achieving unity with the connotation as the best form

The cover should be comprehensively considered to achieve continuity and make it a design that shows dramatic changes

The repetition and change of the main melody are presented in the middle of the three dimensions (section, spine, back cover). Forming a potential internal movement, the cover contains a flow of Qi, showing the expressive vitality of the book

The spine is an important part of the cover. It is the longest time to display itself and the opportunity to meet readers. The largest part, but it is also the place that is often ignored

As long as we browse the books displayed on the bookshelf, the only exposed part is the spine. Designers need to give full consideration to conveying information in this narrow space. importance, great efforts should be devoted to the relationship between words, images and space

For the cover of the series of books, the main theme of the album should be run through it from beginning to end, just like the breeze blowing across the sea and winding through the Ding Yuanye. , people, land, and mountains flow among the whole series of books. At the same time, it also allows a single book to maintain the overall rhythm in the group. It also exudes unique personality

The ring lining and title page should also belong to the scope of cover design. The ring lining (the spacer page between the cover and the book block, is divided into front ring, back ring or double ring and single ring). Ring) The title page (also called the inner cover or the pages of the book) is a continuation of the cover form and a secondary expression of the cover language. It is an indispensable part of the album.

In summary, a book The various contents contained are condensed and dense in the cover, and the whole book is regarded as a thousand living entities. Analyzing the internally exposed characteristics to fully highlight the essential things and present a "vivid face" is the main topic of album design