This project is a book design project based on the article “Consider the
Lobster” by David Foster Wallace. I designed 2 versions of the book. The
first one focuses only on legibility. The second one is based more on
personal interpretation.
My idea of the second book is “layer/puzzle”. In the article, the
authors talks a lot about the lobster, but more than that, he talks
about us, humans and how we consume other species. It is like a
positive/negative of which we see the representation and shadow. So I
designed the cover as a folded piece. Readers may interact with the
piece and see what underneath “Consider the Lobster” is actually
“Consider US”.
I also played with symbols and directions to make the idea of
layer/puzzle stronger. The circle in a box can be seen as either the
positive or negative; the direction to read is also not clear, which
forces the readers to figure out by spending time with the actual piece.