30 Covers, 30 Days 2014: Day 10 with Designer John DeGore

30 Covers, 30 Days is back! What is 30C30D? We match up 30 professional designers with 30 NaNoWriMo participants, and challenge the designers to create a book cover in 48 hours or less, based solely on that participants’ 2014 NaNo-novel synopsis.

The NaNo-novel: The Seasons

When Imani, a senior in high school and student extraordinare gets pressured to apply for a job, she decides to try the small-town diner, assuming she’ll be bored out of her mind most of the time. But things aren’t as calm as they seem at the Seasons Diner. 

Instead of the boring world she imagined, she finds herself caught up with a crazy staff, the story-filled customers, an irritable poet, late night shifts, and a health inspector with a thirst for revenge. This is the story of the Seasons Diner, where the waiters are fast, the music is slow, and the pie is delicious.

The Genre: Mainstream Fiction

The Author: Michelle Williams in USA :: New York.

The Designer: John DeGore started out as an in-house graphic designer before transitioning to interface and user experience design. He co-hosts the Creative Briefs podcast, chatting with people about their creative endeavors. He is also a student of Carnegie Mellon’s Masters of Human-Computer Interaction program. Some of his favorite things include the art of Jack Kirby, mac & cheese, and the music of Stevie Wonder.

High-Resolution Book Art: