Tag: Geoff Kern

• Graphic Design Tropes: Water on Flat Image

  

  I love Oliver Munday’s cover for The Water Statues. It risks a literal interpretation of the title but pulls it off with an understated suggestion of tears. The use of drops of water over a flat surface, a drawing, or a photo of a statue hints at layers of distance and emotional unavailability. The subdued…

  Mário Moura

  November 22, 2021

  Blog post, Criticism, Design, Image

  Beach Culture Magazine, Esquire, Geoff Kern, George Lois, JFK, Olivier Munday