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A Prayer For Owen Meany Book

Novel Design

In order to rethink this, it was necessary to reveal the essence of the content. A great deal more than a simple coming-of-age buddy story, this is a novel about faith, fate, ideology, and the interconnectedness of everything. I focused on the idea of ‘God’s Plan,’ and created an original typeface to communicate this, helping to streamline this idea in a clever, subtle manner.

 

The typeface is based on architectural blueprints and design sketches and was ultimately applied to the book in the form of a cross—one of the primary religious recurring images in this book. I used mildly translucent paper for chapter headings, to heighten the constant building sense of nearly-knowing what’s to come.

 

The overall result of this project is striking, powerful, complex, yet straightforward, and thought-provoking.