Studio Brief 2: How do we read?

Today we were brief on the new studio brief we are to continue doing during the Christmas Break. We are to curate and design 3 book covers for 3 books which are going to be simultaneously published as a set.  We are to select them from a theme or idea in . order to link them all together.
We are to develop 5 minimum initial layouts for each of our set of books where each ideas should a have a different grid system, limited colour palette, limited range of typefaces and imagery which can demonstrate a consistent visual language across the 3 covers.

During the Christmas break we are to do 6 projects which we are going to develop further when we come back in January.

1) Research about the history of the books, where it came form, date, era, links to popular culture and its social and cultural references

2) Make 9 set of images (3 for each book) which is done purely by a text editing program e.g. word or text edit. Relate it conceptually to the books creating references to images, moments in the books.

3) Make 9 set of images using a spreadsheet program. Relate it conceptually to the books creating references to images, moments in the books.

4) Find a piece of music which relates to the book in some way (e.. film soundtrack, era etc) and draw the piece of music in Illustrator (5 times)

5) Collect objects which has relation to the books.

• Take photographs of the objects which relates to a theme or moment in the book (90 photos)
• Have a rule for each photo e.g. constraints in line, tone, colour, shape, form ratio, viewpoint, perspective, symmetry, focus.
• Print contact sheet and print the 3 most successful images in 5 size. 

6) Use own choice of media or process we've done this year (could be combined) to illustrate the covers. Make sure process is consistent throughout all three books and have a good link to the research done.