They say success starts with a solid foundation, but Blueprints of Success decided to skip the drafting phase entirely and head straight for the demolition derby.
Let’s start with the cover’s crowning moment of glory: the metaphorical crane lifting the letter “I” out of “BLUEPRINTS.” It’s supposed to be clever. It’s not. Instead, it’s the typographical equivalent of tripping over your own shoelaces in a job interview. The title reads like a CAPTCHA test: “BLUERP NTS OF SUCCCESS” — which is ironic, given the book’s theme is about clarity, growth, and leadership. Here’s a tip: if your title needs to be deciphered like a ransom note, you’re doing design wrong.
Then there’s the composition. We’ve got bold, rigid black font taking up most of the vertical space, interrupted by the “Look, Ma, I’m deep!” crane trick. The crane — rendered in thin lines barely visible against the blue background — is hoisting that poor “I” up to… nowhere. Is it under construction? Is it being removed? Are we resetting success by… removing ourselves from it?
The visual metaphor is less “eureka!” and more “Oops, the intern had Adobe Illustrator for the first time.”
Let’s talk color. Corporate Blue™ meets Inspirational Black™ in a palette that screams, “I paid $5 for this on Fiverr.” The bottom silhouettes of generic construction equipment are so lacking in detail, they could just as easily be burnt toast. And what is with the horizon line? Is this success built on a pile of ambiguous vector mountains? It’s hard to tell.
And in the least surprising twist of all, we get the subtitle: “A Reset for My Construction Business Journey.” Translation: We’re on Chapter One of a LinkedIn manifesto that should’ve stayed a blog post. The subtitle is set in an entirely different font that brings nothing to the design table except the scent of last-minute panic.
Don’t even get us started on the author name in baby blue — like a closing thought from a dentist’s billboard.
Conclusion:
If this book’s design journey was a construction project, the city would’ve condemned it halfway through framing. Blueprints of Success may promise clarity, direction, and growth — but this cover looks like the visual representation of a conference room PowerPoint that crashed before the graphs loaded.
Ironically, the only blueprint here is a cautionary one: how not to build a book cover.