Handmaid's Tale Visual Analysis

The first image I will be analyzing is a cover of The Handmaid’s Tale, Bloomsbury Edition. The combination of white and rouge creates a simple contrast between the background and the content. This contract draws the reader’s attention to the title of the book. However, the slightly grey vines also distracts the reader’s eyes by leading them away from the text. I believe this design would work better if the vines were drawn in an even darker grey. The repeated usage of the vine design above and below the text creates a horizontally mirrored image. This placement creates a uniformed look on the book cover. In addition, the blocks of text creates another an example of repetition.The usage of typography throughout the cover also follows the principle of repetitions. Despite the different kerning and leading of the letters, they all follow the same style of typography. The book title is horizontally and vertically aligned on the center of the book cover, drawing the reader’s attention to the bold letters. In addition, the vine designs are also vertically aligned and centered on each end of the book cover. The proximity principle in this design refers to the distance between the texts and the …show more content…
I have noticed that all their icons seems to follow the same design pattern, which is why I would like to apply the CRAP principle on all of them. These icons follows the principle of contrast and repetition. Each icons are made up of two colours of a single hue. As of result, the icons gives off a subtle look due to the lack contrast in hue. The repetition in design speaks for itself, all icons follow the same type of set up. The icons are surrounded by a border of a neon-like shade while the insides are filled with a darker shade of the same hue. Additionally, the text within the icons also follow the same pattern. They are all abbreviation of the programs with the first letter being capitalized and the other