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Dec 29, 2018 the blind debossed title and author name are barely noticeable on screen but the iconic and startling illustration by noma bar needs nothing to accompany it. Be it a paperback or an ebook, im constantly reading something or the other. Nov 06, 2017 bar has illustrated over one hundred magazine covers, published over 550 illustrations and released three books of his work. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading chineasy. Negative space an anthology of bars most compelling work from various highprofile magazines, commenting on some of todays most pressing sociopolitical issues with the artists signature provocative subtlety. See more ideas about noma bar, negative space art and space illustration. Noma bar on designing margaret atwoods new book the. Noma bar wallpaper magazine covers wallpaper engaged israeliborn graphic designer noma bar to create eight different covers for its global interiors special. Noma bar book cover the handmaids tale with images. With a deft touch he can imbue simple graphic forms with political and social commentary, or manipulate everyday icons to create witty, doubletake negative space illustrations that make you look once, twice, three times. Minimalist book cover a books cover has a big job it has to sell readers in seconds, competing with its bookstore neighbors for attention in a rapidly multiplying field. Bar s creative drawings have been used for over sixty magazine covers and he has published over 550 illustrations also releasing two books.