Every November, during National Novel Writing Month, thirty professional designers volunteer to create book cover art inspired by novels being written by aspiring authors from around the globe. Why? To encourage new, diverse voices, and help build a more creative world.
30 Covers, 30 Days is presented in partnership with designer and author Debbie Millman. Read more about these NaNoWriMo 2018 novels-in-progress, and the cover designers, below.
Windycrest
An Adventure novel being written this November by NaNo participant JS Gardner in the United States.
Isla has a story - a telling. It is one that she has kept close since she was young. However, as the darkness in her mind finally begins to eclipse it, she realizes that she must let it go - tell it - before it becomes lost forever. So we embark with her on a journey through a mystical adolescence spent in the forest from whence all tellings come. A place hidden through the Crepe Myrtle behind her grandparents rural Oklahoma home. A place that is ruled by The Master of Tellings who decides which stories are allowed to enter the world. A place called Windycrest.
Cover designer Tan Le shared some sketches from the design process:
Stay tuned for new covers every day of the month!
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Cover Designed by Tan Le
I’ve been a graphic designer for 25+ years, having run my own studio, and then working as a creative director for some of the world’s biggest network agencies. I’ve had the chance to design and tell stories for some great brands, from Coca-Cola and Microsoft, to smaller gems that are local favorites. I will always have a love of traditional print, but as the industry has evolved, so has my work. Whether it’s digital experience or large retail experiences, the key is to visually communicate something meaningful and make a connection through design. I also believe in supporting the profession, and am honored to be recognized as an AIGA Fellow. Personally, I’ve always been an avid reader, a film buff, love all things about science and nerd culture, and treasure time spent with my wife and smart kids in Dallas. You can find me online at tanle.designer.
And I realized at the same time that it is okay to be an outsider, a recent arrival, new on the scene -- and not just okay, but something to be thankful for, perhaps a gift from the boat. Because being an insider can so easily mean collapsing the horizons, can so easily mean accepting the presumptions of your province. I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough now to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear. Possibilities that would not have been allowed were outrageously encouraged.There was an energy there, an implacable optimism, a strange mixture of humility and daring.
Tan Le, founder and CEO of Emotiv, welcomed us and introduced us to the general functions of Emotiv's new headset, the Insight. Emotiv Designathon (Pivotal Labs).
Tan Le, co-founder and president of Emotiv Systems, gives a live demo of a mind control device that uses a person's thoughts to input computer commands.
EG is the celebration of the American entertainment industry. Since 1984, Richard Saul Wurman has created extraordinary gatherings about learning and understanding. EG is a rich extension of these ideas - a conference that explores the attitude of understanding in music, film, television, radio, technology, advertising, gaming, interactivity and the web - The Entertainment Gathering
Tan Le is an Australian telecommunications entrepreneur, businesswoman and the 1998 Young Australian of the Year. She is president and co-founder of Emotiv Systems.
