PostSpectacular is a small London based design studio and consultancy actively exploring the growing possibilities at the intersection of various design disciplines and software development, often within a wider branding context.
They have designed and developed a generative software solution to dynamically generate cover art for Faber & Faber’s book series, Faber Finds. Faber Finds comprises 100+ titles of out-of-print books. Once ordered, these books are printed one-off and on-demand. Therefore every cover generated by this software solution is unique.
Here’s what PostSpectular has to say:
The challenge proved to be more of a creative than a technical one, as the task given was to build a “design machine” which would be flexible enough to generate a very large (theoretically infinite) number of unique designs, one for each single book ever printed in this range, within the agreed boundaries set by the art direction(s) of Faber design team. The imprint has currently 4 genres, each with its own slightly varied style…
The covers are beautiful and subtle – check out more.