I Try To Write About Small Things
An alternative cover for Talking Heads, made out of typography found on the objects mentioned in their songs.
Ana Lešković
2020
I Try To Write About Small Things
An alternative cover for Talking Heads, made out of typography found on the objects mentioned in their songs.
Ana Lešković
2020
I Try To Write About Small Things
An alternative cover for Talking Heads, made out of typography found on the objects mentioned in their songs.
Ana Lešković
2020
I Try To Write About Small Things
An alternative cover for Talking Heads, made out of typography found on the objects mentioned in their songs.
Ana Lešković
2020
David Byrne of the Talking Heads once said that he tries to write about smaller things (such as a house, groceries, book, paper,...), as opposed to subjects such as life and love. Inspired by that statement, I have decided to create a typographical cover for the band, made out of typography taken from the objects mentioned in their songs.
I have chosen a couple of different objects:
1. My electric guitar (inspired by the song "Electric Guitar")
2. Jordan Peterson's book (inspired by the song "The Book I Read")
3. A screenshot of my computer screen (inspired by the song "Burning Down The House")
4. A trash bin (inspired by the song "Cities")
5. A number of different groceries (inspired by the song "Life During Wartime")
All of these objects provided typography for the final solution. After cutting different letters out of different objects, I created a set of selected symbols, and tried out numerous compositions, until settling for a simple, centrally-aligned, straightforward one. Later, I also created an alternative cover inspired by the color palette of the album "Remain in Light".
Letters
Alternative cover
Inspired by the color palette of the album "Remain in Light"