Covered - Further Development

After the suggestions from peers, it was apparent that designing for a Communist book that it would work better if it did look classically communist. 

However, I did experiment with a series of colours quickly to see if any would work. All in all red is the colour to use, it demonstrates the book and people can relate to it quickly. If this book was being sold a consumer would recognise this and understand the content making it more commercially viable.  

After more discussions, blocking the letter M worked a lot better for the peers looking at it. It creates more of a pattern and is more eye catching.

These designs have abandoned the idea of moving away from red, and instead making it look hardcore communist. It was suggested that screen printing red on red may look interesting and add another level and depth to the design.

All of the design has been justified to the left, to represent the political standing of Communism. To further that the last column of the CM on the right were taken off, this works more because of the negative space. That brings the eye more to the left and doesn't overpower the design. 

There was experiments with colour of stroke, background colour, type colour and weight this is to work out what is the most suitable design.

This design will be the final design - so far - with the black outline, white text and red background. This design is sharper then the above one with the red outline, making it easier to see because it is A4 size. Screen printing this onto red stock will dull the colours slightly, however it gives a nice finish to the poster and is worth doing.

Experiments with colouring with text show the white is best colour to use. It is more visible and gives some hierarchy to the design.