At Noon / Book Cover + Editorial Design
-- Book Cover Design
-- Editorial Design
Overview
This project involved crafting the visual identity for a fictional legal thriller with undertones of espionage and state secrets. The cover leverages analog distortion, typewriter fonts, and cryptic overlays to simulate a redacted government memorandum. Our goal was to merge visual storytelling with typographic tension, placing the viewer in the shoes of someone uncovering classified truths.
Project Thinking
Inspired by the aesthetics of war room briefings and intelligence archives, the design deliberately disorients. Layers of data, blurred faces, and bureaucratic language challenge the viewer to decode the imagery — just as the protagonist must decode the truth. The color palette is intentionally limited and institutional, reinforcing the themes of surveillance, secrecy, and moral ambiguity.
Aproach
The design process began by deconstructing elements from real defense and intelligence documents, integrating them with manipulated imagery and cryptic scribbles. The placement of type was treated like evidence — circled, stamped, and obscured. Every visual decision was aimed at building a cinematic unease, matching the tone of the stories within.
