{"id":10124,"date":"2020-09-08T13:21:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T13:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tubikstudio.com\/?p=10124"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:28:16","slug":"case-study-book-cover-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tubikstudio.com\/blog\/case-study-book-cover-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study: ABUK. Custom Book Cover Design for Audiobook App"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that within the last half-century, the world has witnessed one of the most dynamic stages of its progress, especially in the sphere of technologies that are evolving and improving faster and faster. So, people adjust their routines and education to the new reality encouraging designers to find new approaches and try new solutions. Books have become one of the bright examples. Our today’s case study will uncover the project devoted to books in the times of digital experiences. Welcome to see how we create custom book covers for ABUK<\/a>, a big online audiobook store. The case study is packed with tons of graphics showing the creative process.<\/p>\n

The team assigned to the project from the Tubik side included Sergii Valiukh, Yaroslava Yatsuba, Serafima Shpin’, Ernest Asanov, Sergii Kucherenko, Vladyslav Taran, Kirill Sunny, and Kate Baikova.<\/p>\n

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Client<\/h2>\n

ABUK is a big library of audiobooks in the Ukrainian language. In fact, it\u2019s the first audiobook store in the country, based on the original high-quality sound recording. It offers classic and contemporary Ukrainian and world literature to be listened to on smartphones and tablets. The project included mobile app design and development for iOS and Android, website design, and creative illustration. In this article, we are going to unveil only a part of the project, book covers design, although that particular part of the project had a crucial influence on all the aspects of the product functionality and promotion.<\/p>\n

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Book Covers in the Digital Era<\/h2>\n

The main visual element representing books is their covers. For decades, graphic designers and publishing houses worked on the diversity of formats for book cover designs, from super minimalist and typography-based to bright and catchy with custom photos or illustrations.<\/p>\n

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When the progress stimulated the advent of audiobooks, it didn’t bring too much revolution to the cover design: the original book covers were just resized and adjusted to the needed format of the packaging for the records, cassettes, or CDs.<\/p>\n

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However, working on the ABUK application, we’ve realized that in the era of digital products, book cover design requires a thoughtful and original approach. You can\u2019t just scan and downsize the existing paper book cover because on the mobile screen it won\u2019t look attractive or even legible. So, based on the extensive research the design team offered the client creating original book covers to solve the problem.<\/p>\n

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Diversity and Consistency<\/h2>\n

The biggest challenge, in this case, was to keep the consistency of the visual approach for a great diversity of content. The special design system was developed with two general concepts for cover designs.\u00a0Some of the book covers were focused on a visual symbol from a book presented with a 3D model<\/a> while the other ones, more complex and artistic, featured unique illustrations adapted for mobile devices. This approach not only increases the originality of visual design presentation but also helps to transfer the emotion of any book effectively.<\/p>\n