Popular Psychology books

Here's some examples of popular psychology books.

 

A lot of the books have quite subdued colours, and simple images. A popular feature is an image of the author on the front cover. I decided I'll use black and white for the cover.

More images I find inspiring

Your brain on art - Joseph Juy - diffusion spectrum imaging

 

Tripping through Bogomils mind - Otto Rapp

 

 

 Tangled Neurons

 

Neuron

 

Neuron network

 

mirror neuron

 

 

 

 

Sound wave

 

 

 

 

 

 brain and neuron

 

 

Crazy Brain

 

I have a road less travelled in mind

 

Meishin Final - Thomas Gianni

 

Menomena - Friend and foe

 

 

Olly Moss

Brain - Jerry Rhodes

Book cover designs I like

Here's a sample of some book covers that I liked or found interesting -

Typography as a graphic element

Here's some research on typography as a graphic element that I found on the Smashing magazine website.

Brain art

Looking up brain art I found some interesting work by Dr. Don Stewart. He had finished his medical training when he realised that his real passion was for art. His drawings are of objects made of composites of smaller objects, chimeras you could call them.

 

Left brain - logic, maths, etc.

 

Right brain - creativity, art, etc.

Another doctor exploring anatomy and art is Psychiatrist Dr Karen Norberg. She knits anatomically correct replicas of the human brain.

Mind maps and research

I found this mind map by Austin Kleon on the site http://pkab.wordpress.com/page/52/

Images of music and the brain -

 

Areas of the brain that may be involved in different aspects of music perception and performance

 

Music on the mind

 

 Auditory stimulation

 

A brain training product that uses music

Chimera 2 - chimera on a book

For the second part of this project we have to design a book jacket cover for Oliver Sacks' Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.

The design must contain -
- One digital illustration
- One physical object
- Type as a graphic element
- Editorial information
- Publishers' logo

 In Musicophilia, Sacks explores the relationship between music and the brain. He uses to medical case studies to show us the mundane and complex relationships we have with music, and how it effects our lives. It blends music, science and psychology.

Examples of Musicophilia book covers -