Penguin Random House approached me to design a series of covers for their collection of classic novels by American writer James Ellroy. The brief was to create covers that reflect the atmosphere of the noir crime novels, with a subtle vintage flavour. I used a high contrast color scheme and combined it with sans serifs, sharp letter shapes.

Client: Penguin Random House
AD: Nora Grosse

MartinaFlor PenguinRandomHouse JamesEllroy
MartinaFlor PenguinRandomHouse JamesEllroy
MartinaFlor PenguinRandomHouse JamesEllroy
MartinaFlor PenguinRandomHouse JamesEllroy
James ellroy book cover Martina Flor
MartinaFlor PenguinRandomHouse JamesEllroy
MartinaFlor PenguinRandomHouse JamesEllroy
MartinaFlor PenguinRandomHouse JamesEllroy
MartinaFlor PenguinRandomHouse JamesEllroy
MartinaFlor PenguinRandomHouse JamesEllroy
MartinaFlor PenguinRandomHouse JamesEllroy

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