Thursday 12 May 2011

Good work.

This is an exceptional piece of work, apart from the clever and respectful image ( I hardly think the word 'witty' is appropriate here ), the type is suitable sober and refined.

There are lots of clever references, the background is somber and black - but the title is bright sky blue - an echo of the weather on the day - the image reflects the medium of paper and also the millions of pages that rained down on the streets after the attacks - and also mirrors the smoke and flames. It has an emotional punch but without sensationalism or lazy, crass references. Visually - aligning the text to left and image to right is also well judged and satisfying. The designer was comfortable enough to only show one 'tower' - a lazy or less confident designer would have used both. Even the perspective and point of view are well considered - as most people would have seen the towers from the ground - looking up.

It's clear that the designers and publishers understood the subject material AND the customer.

Very good work indeed.

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