Book design, short for book binding design. It's a more consistent name for everyone. The concept of book design is broader than book binding design. Book design refers to the whole process from the manuscript of the book to the arrangement and publication. According to the latest logic, the planning, editing, pricing and grade of books should be part of the design. It is also a process from book form flattening to three-dimensional, which includes the systematic design of artistic thinking, creative ideas and technical methods. Book layout, binding form, cover, waist seal, font, layout, color, illustration, artistic design, printing, binding and technology of paper materials. In book design, only those who engage in overall design can be called binding design or overall design, and only those who complete cover or layout design can be called cover design or layout design.
Book cover design is the facade of book binding design art, which reflects the contents of books through the form of artistic image design. In today's dazzling sea of books, the cover of books plays the role of silent salesman, and its quality will directly affect people's desire to buy to some extent. Graphics, colors and words are the three elements of cover design. Designers organically combine the three according to different properties, uses and readers, so as to show the rich connotation of books and present them to readers in the form of conveying information and aesthetic feeling. Some cover designs focus on one thing.