Kahani Books
A Book Cover design system for Kahani Books, a publication house catering to stories of women, by women.
The challenge was to design a series of book covers in order to build two distinct, systems, one for fiction, and one for
non-fiction books by the publication house.
While Kahani means stories in Hindi, the logotype is a swashed ‘k’, derived from strokes of a writing tool that
scribbles and draws raw, honest letters that form honest stories.The alternate logos are for varied uses.
scribbles and draws raw, honest letters that form honest stories.The alternate logos are for varied uses.
Fiction Series:
Swash heavy, hand—lettered, with a heavy influence of a hand-held instrument being used, as if while writing the story itself;
Swash heavy, hand—lettered, with a heavy influence of a hand-held instrument being used, as if while writing the story itself;
paired with a humanist serif that compliments the logotype.
Fiction Series:
Hand—lettered in a style distinct than the fictional covers, the addition of serif letterforms on top of calligraphic impressions adds a tone of more grounding for the non—fictional covers, that are also overlayed with swashes, staying true to the Kahani identity.
Hand—lettered in a style distinct than the fictional covers, the addition of serif letterforms on top of calligraphic impressions adds a tone of more grounding for the non—fictional covers, that are also overlayed with swashes, staying true to the Kahani identity.
