There’s this theory among the newest breed of graphic designers: that the tools make the designer. Which, of course, is simply stupid. Tools — like the computer — may make the task, but solid design is, well, solid design.
In an attempt to disprove this theory, I’m undertaking what most would certainly believe to be a fool’s errand: I’m going to design book covers in Microsoft Word. Since these are merely being done for my own purposes I’ll be ignoring a couple of important things most designers have to concern themselves with: (1) copyright — if I find it on the web (no scanner or photoshop allowed), then I can use it; and (2) not 300dpi CMYK output — this isn’t being printed, so I won’t concern myself with figuring out how to produce printer-ready work.
I’ll be posting the results here and I hope you enjoy.
