Mar 16, 2011
Book covers can often be hidden treasures of creativity. You have to stand back and take in the imagery on this latest piece of work from Noma Bar, who brings his clever double take imagery to the latest editions of Don DeLillo’s books. The covers dissolve into abstract icons taken directly from DeLillo’s writing and become strikingly obvious once you take in the storylines.
“My challenge was to create a range of ten books by Don DeLillo, a summary of more than 30 years of his writing,” Noma Bar explains. “After a long process that involved reading, researching and sketching, I started to pull out some of the main elements of each story and tried to understand how Don DeLillo tailored them together. The result is a bold image for each cover that looks conventional at first, but at second glimpse reveals the whole story.”
