Book Cover

This project examines contemporary funerary urns. Developed as part of an assignment focused on selecting an industrial designer and creating a book cover around their work, the project explores how designers today are reimagining this object and how these reinterpretations influence understandings of memory, grief, and meaning. The final cover is quiet and minimal, intended to evoke calm and respect. Soft ash tones, a subtle grainy texture, and a photograph of a white urn that nearly dissolves into the background establish a restrained visual language. The urn appears open, suggesting transparency and dialogue while reframing familiar assumptions around privacy and containment. A typology of modern urns appears along the spine, introducing a subtle narrative layer and offering a quiet signal of the book’s content for readers browsing a shelf.

Created as part of the Book Design course at Typomania School.

2025