Book Jacket Redesign Creative Assignment

Design Principles Course Exercise — Parsons School of Design, The New School

Spring 2025

The assignment was to pick a book that we’d read (I chose one of my favorites), identify some artists for inspiration, and redesign the book jacket cover.  The artists I chose for inspiration can be found in the slide deck below the final design. This was a “sprint” exercise, as we had one class period to complete the project.

Back cover
Spine
Front cover
Front book flap
Back book flap








click here to view the Sweetbitter book jacket redesign process slide deck




Project Duration: ~3 hours

Tools: Adobe Indesign, Photoshop, Google Slides

Solo Project

Course Instructor: Brian McCormick