Your assignment was to design the cover of a book that you’d keep near your bed to read and fall asleep. You sent us 156 covers and counting! Whew! You can click on a cover to see a bigger version. Covers with a red dot (•) have our comments. Additional comments will be added as we go.

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Okay, you swamped us with book covers and gave us a lot to think about and talk about and smile about! Turns out this was an instructive assignment.

Let’s review.

The assignment was to “Design the cover of a book that you’d keep near your bed to read and fall asleep. It must not arouse the reader in any way. No thought-provoking titles, no glorious colors, no gripping images, no edgy layouts.”

The cover was required to have:

1) A title. Subtitle optional.
2) Photo or illustration
3) “Author’s” name

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Can you put your audience to sleep?

We’d like you to try.

Design the cover of a book that you’d keep near your bed to read and fall asleep. Bland. Benign. Unengaging. Your assignment is to not arouse the reader in any way. No thought-provoking titles, no glorious colors, no gripping images, no edgy layouts. The opposite, in fact.

Can you do it?

Your cover will require:
1) A title. Subtitle is optional.
2) Photo or illustration
3) “Author’s” name

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