One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Paul Bacon is an American graphic designer renowned for his 'big book look' style in book design. He designed the original cover for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1962.
The novel's title features hand-drawn, irregular, fragmented lettering, with the font colors mainly in pink, green, and yellow, complemented by white. The cover uses transparent, layered colors that enhance the typography, creating a sense of movement and blur, with the irregular glyphs and vibrant colors hinting at the book’s themes of madness, chaos, and rebellion.
The combination of colors and typography greatly enhances the visual impact while reflecting the psychiatric hospital setting and the protagonist’s psychological struggles
