Ideas 1

When I think of a type of design for this cover, Saul Bass's Anatomy of Murder comes into mind.

I like the disjointedness (a bit like the book) of his designs and would like to use them as some sort of inspiration to my design.

I found a typeface that is not unlike Saul Bass' work called Hitchcock.

Initially I designed something very simple and kept in line with the old fashioned Penguin books, using block colours and white space.

I used the black to depict the noir themes that run throughout the book and red for the bloodshed that concludes the story. And obviously (too obvious!!) a carving knife! I'm not happy with this first design. I feel it lacks depth and interest.