A guide to recognizing your saints

Designing this book cover I focussed on the most important character of the novel: the NYC underground. This is the reason why I decided to put un the front the stop of Astoria - Queens, the environment in which the story takes place. Moreover, the typography I used (Akzidenz Grotesk) is a sort of quotiation from the MTA project of the 1970s designed by Massimo Vignelli at Unimark. The choice of a white character on a black background is referred to the change in the underground sign system done in order to stop the growing of graffiti. This final element is represented on the back of the cover, together with the Vignelli map.