hamlet book design

This update to Shakespeare’s classic play Hamlet breaks away from the traditional treatment of Shakespeare’s work by mixing a sans serif typeface for titles with a more traditional serif typeface for easy legibility on large text chunks. Wide margins on the interior lend a modern feel to the layout. The illustration on the cover, which I did in ink, shows the themes of death and madness prevalent in the play. The relationship of the velvet endpaper to the cover symbolizes the character of Hamlet—madness on the surface motivated by lust and bloodlust within.