A seasonal reimagining for this week’s Coffee Break Classics. A reminder that change is possible, compassion matters, and it’s never too late to choose a kinder path.
Merry Christmas to all :)
#CoffeeBreakClassics #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign #MinimalistDesign #Illustration #CharlesDickens
Merry Christmas to all :)
#CoffeeBreakClassics #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign #MinimalistDesign #Illustration #CharlesDickens
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A seasonal reimagining for this week’s Coffee Break Classics. A reminder that change is possible, compassion matters, and it’s never too late to choose a kinder path.
Merry Christmas to all :)
#CoffeeBreakClassics #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign #MinimalistDesign #Illustration #CharlesDickens
Merry Christmas to all :)
#CoffeeBreakClassics #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign #MinimalistDesign #Illustration #CharlesDickens
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
No grand plan.
No preparation.
Just the decision to keep walking.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign #LineShapeColour #QuietDesign
No grand plan.
No preparation.
Just the decision to keep walking.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign #LineShapeColour #QuietDesign
April 28, 2026 at 7:27 AM
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
No grand plan.
No preparation.
Just the decision to keep walking.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign #LineShapeColour #QuietDesign
No grand plan.
No preparation.
Just the decision to keep walking.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign #LineShapeColour #QuietDesign
This weeks reimagining for Coffee Break Classics. The timeless 'To Kill a Mockingbird', a story that still speaks clearly today as a reminder to hold onto empathy, question prejudice, and look for the good in each other.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign #MinimalistDesign
#CoffeeBreakClassics #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign #MinimalistDesign
December 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This weeks reimagining for Coffee Break Classics. The timeless 'To Kill a Mockingbird', a story that still speaks clearly today as a reminder to hold onto empathy, question prejudice, and look for the good in each other.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign #MinimalistDesign
#CoffeeBreakClassics #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign #MinimalistDesign
Coffee Break Classics:
The Midwich Cuckoos – John Wyndham
“The dove is not a coward to fear the hawk; it is simply wise.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ClassicSciFi
The Midwich Cuckoos – John Wyndham
“The dove is not a coward to fear the hawk; it is simply wise.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ClassicSciFi
February 10, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Coffee Break Classics:
The Midwich Cuckoos – John Wyndham
“The dove is not a coward to fear the hawk; it is simply wise.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ClassicSciFi
The Midwich Cuckoos – John Wyndham
“The dove is not a coward to fear the hawk; it is simply wise.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ClassicSciFi
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Oscar Wilde
Surface and self.
Beauty without consequence.
Until the cost appears somewhere else.
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #DorianGray #OscarWilde #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #ConceptualArt
Surface and self.
Beauty without consequence.
Until the cost appears somewhere else.
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #DorianGray #OscarWilde #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #ConceptualArt
May 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Oscar Wilde
Surface and self.
Beauty without consequence.
Until the cost appears somewhere else.
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #DorianGray #OscarWilde #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #ConceptualArt
Surface and self.
Beauty without consequence.
Until the cost appears somewhere else.
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #DorianGray #OscarWilde #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #ConceptualArt
This weeks Coffee Break Classic:
The Old man and the Sea: Ernest Hemingway
Reduced to a single line under tension.
Sometimes the simplest things carry the most weight.
#coffeebreakclassics #hemingway #bookdesign #minimalism #graphicdesign
The Old man and the Sea: Ernest Hemingway
Reduced to a single line under tension.
Sometimes the simplest things carry the most weight.
#coffeebreakclassics #hemingway #bookdesign #minimalism #graphicdesign
June 2, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This weeks Coffee Break Classic:
The Old man and the Sea: Ernest Hemingway
Reduced to a single line under tension.
Sometimes the simplest things carry the most weight.
#coffeebreakclassics #hemingway #bookdesign #minimalism #graphicdesign
The Old man and the Sea: Ernest Hemingway
Reduced to a single line under tension.
Sometimes the simplest things carry the most weight.
#coffeebreakclassics #hemingway #bookdesign #minimalism #graphicdesign
Pausing my sci-fi run with Frankenstein; the first true sci-fi novel and a gothic horror masterpiece. The perfect crossover for a run of horror classics through the Halloween period, classic and modern.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #HorrorSeason
#CoffeeBreakClassics #HorrorSeason
October 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Pausing my sci-fi run with Frankenstein; the first true sci-fi novel and a gothic horror masterpiece. The perfect crossover for a run of horror classics through the Halloween period, classic and modern.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #HorrorSeason
#CoffeeBreakClassics #HorrorSeason
The Martian Chronicles.
One seed.
Infinite possibilities.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #RayBradbury #BookDesign #SciFi
One seed.
Infinite possibilities.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #RayBradbury #BookDesign #SciFi
August 4, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The Martian Chronicles.
One seed.
Infinite possibilities.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #RayBradbury #BookDesign #SciFi
One seed.
Infinite possibilities.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #RayBradbury #BookDesign #SciFi
This weeks Coffee Break Classic: Cannery Row John Steinbeck
“There are your true philosophers.”
A book full of affection for imperfect people simply trying to get by.
Small lives. Warm hearts.
#coffeebreakclassics #bookdesign #steinbeck #graphicdesign #minimalism
“There are your true philosophers.”
A book full of affection for imperfect people simply trying to get by.
Small lives. Warm hearts.
#coffeebreakclassics #bookdesign #steinbeck #graphicdesign #minimalism
May 26, 2026 at 10:48 AM
This weeks Coffee Break Classic: Cannery Row John Steinbeck
“There are your true philosophers.”
A book full of affection for imperfect people simply trying to get by.
Small lives. Warm hearts.
#coffeebreakclassics #bookdesign #steinbeck #graphicdesign #minimalism
“There are your true philosophers.”
A book full of affection for imperfect people simply trying to get by.
Small lives. Warm hearts.
#coffeebreakclassics #bookdesign #steinbeck #graphicdesign #minimalism
This week’s Coffee Break Classics is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. One of my all-time favourite books, and a huge influence on me when I first read it in my twenties.
A quiet reminder that quality isn’t an outcome, but a way of seeing, a way of being.
#CoffeeBreakClassics
A quiet reminder that quality isn’t an outcome, but a way of seeing, a way of being.
#CoffeeBreakClassics
January 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM
This week’s Coffee Break Classics is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. One of my all-time favourite books, and a huge influence on me when I first read it in my twenties.
A quiet reminder that quality isn’t an outcome, but a way of seeing, a way of being.
#CoffeeBreakClassics
A quiet reminder that quality isn’t an outcome, but a way of seeing, a way of being.
#CoffeeBreakClassics
Coffee Break Classics:
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
After a month of shadows, a turn toward warmth. A friendship built through letters, wit, and a shared love of books, proof that words alone can bridge oceans.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #BookDesign #84CharingCrossRoad #HeleneHanff
After a month of shadows, a turn toward warmth. A friendship built through letters, wit, and a shared love of books, proof that words alone can bridge oceans.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #BookDesign #84CharingCrossRoad #HeleneHanff
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Coffee Break Classics:
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
After a month of shadows, a turn toward warmth. A friendship built through letters, wit, and a shared love of books, proof that words alone can bridge oceans.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #BookDesign #84CharingCrossRoad #HeleneHanff
After a month of shadows, a turn toward warmth. A friendship built through letters, wit, and a shared love of books, proof that words alone can bridge oceans.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #BookDesign #84CharingCrossRoad #HeleneHanff
Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, one of the finest ghost stories ever written. A house alive with fear, a key that should never be turned.
👻 Coffee Break Classics: one object, one story.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #HauntingOfHillHouse #ShirleyJackson #GothicHorror #HalloweenReads
👻 Coffee Break Classics: one object, one story.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #HauntingOfHillHouse #ShirleyJackson #GothicHorror #HalloweenReads
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, one of the finest ghost stories ever written. A house alive with fear, a key that should never be turned.
👻 Coffee Break Classics: one object, one story.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #HauntingOfHillHouse #ShirleyJackson #GothicHorror #HalloweenReads
👻 Coffee Break Classics: one object, one story.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #HauntingOfHillHouse #ShirleyJackson #GothicHorror #HalloweenReads
Coffee Break Classics:
The Time Machine – H. G. Wells
“We are always getting away from the present moment.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #HGWells
The Time Machine – H. G. Wells
“We are always getting away from the present moment.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #HGWells
January 27, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Coffee Break Classics:
The Time Machine – H. G. Wells
“We are always getting away from the present moment.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #HGWells
The Time Machine – H. G. Wells
“We are always getting away from the present moment.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #HGWells
Childhood’s End: Arthur C. Clarke
Evolution without consent.
Transcendence without nostalgia.
Humanity standing at the edge of something vast.
“The stars are not for man.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ArthurCClarke #ChildhoodsEnd #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #Atmosphere
Evolution without consent.
Transcendence without nostalgia.
Humanity standing at the edge of something vast.
“The stars are not for man.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ArthurCClarke #ChildhoodsEnd #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #Atmosphere
April 14, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Childhood’s End: Arthur C. Clarke
Evolution without consent.
Transcendence without nostalgia.
Humanity standing at the edge of something vast.
“The stars are not for man.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ArthurCClarke #ChildhoodsEnd #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #Atmosphere
Evolution without consent.
Transcendence without nostalgia.
Humanity standing at the edge of something vast.
“The stars are not for man.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ArthurCClarke #ChildhoodsEnd #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #Atmosphere
Coffee Break Classics:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
Not all cages look like cages.
“But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #KenKesey #MinimalDesign
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
Not all cages look like cages.
“But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #KenKesey #MinimalDesign
March 10, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Coffee Break Classics:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
Not all cages look like cages.
“But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #KenKesey #MinimalDesign
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
Not all cages look like cages.
“But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #KenKesey #MinimalDesign
The Haunting of Hill House: Shirley Jackson
A house that listens.
A presence that waits.
Some places don’t let go.
“Whatever walked there, walked alone.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ShirleyJackson #HillHouse #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #PsychologicalHorror
A house that listens.
A presence that waits.
Some places don’t let go.
“Whatever walked there, walked alone.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ShirleyJackson #HillHouse #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #PsychologicalHorror
April 21, 2026 at 7:38 AM
The Haunting of Hill House: Shirley Jackson
A house that listens.
A presence that waits.
Some places don’t let go.
“Whatever walked there, walked alone.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ShirleyJackson #HillHouse #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #PsychologicalHorror
A house that listens.
A presence that waits.
Some places don’t let go.
“Whatever walked there, walked alone.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ShirleyJackson #HillHouse #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #PsychologicalHorror
Coffee Break Classics: The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
Barcoded dog tags; identity reduced to inventory.
A cold, sharp story of time, loss, and disconnection.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #TheForeverWar #JoeHaldeman #MinimalistDesign
Barcoded dog tags; identity reduced to inventory.
A cold, sharp story of time, loss, and disconnection.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #TheForeverWar #JoeHaldeman #MinimalistDesign
January 13, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Coffee Break Classics: The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
Barcoded dog tags; identity reduced to inventory.
A cold, sharp story of time, loss, and disconnection.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #TheForeverWar #JoeHaldeman #MinimalistDesign
Barcoded dog tags; identity reduced to inventory.
A cold, sharp story of time, loss, and disconnection.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #TheForeverWar #JoeHaldeman #MinimalistDesign
Coffee Break Classic: Childhood’s End - Arthur C. Clarke
A toy rocket; playful, nostalgic, already obsolete.
This one left me with a strange mix of awe, melancholy, and inevitability.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ChildhoodsEnd #ArthurCClarke #SciFiDesign
A toy rocket; playful, nostalgic, already obsolete.
This one left me with a strange mix of awe, melancholy, and inevitability.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ChildhoodsEnd #ArthurCClarke #SciFiDesign
September 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Coffee Break Classic: Childhood’s End - Arthur C. Clarke
A toy rocket; playful, nostalgic, already obsolete.
This one left me with a strange mix of awe, melancholy, and inevitability.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ChildhoodsEnd #ArthurCClarke #SciFiDesign
A toy rocket; playful, nostalgic, already obsolete.
This one left me with a strange mix of awe, melancholy, and inevitability.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #ChildhoodsEnd #ArthurCClarke #SciFiDesign
The Shining: Stephen King
Isolation. Echo. Fracture.
A place that amplifies what’s already there.
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #TheShining #StephenKing #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #HorrorDesign
Isolation. Echo. Fracture.
A place that amplifies what’s already there.
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #TheShining #StephenKing #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #HorrorDesign
May 5, 2026 at 9:01 AM
The Shining: Stephen King
Isolation. Echo. Fracture.
A place that amplifies what’s already there.
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #TheShining #StephenKing #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #HorrorDesign
Isolation. Echo. Fracture.
A place that amplifies what’s already there.
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #TheShining #StephenKing #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #HorrorDesign
The Bell Jar.
A transparent prison.
Close enough to the world to see it.
Too far away to touch it.
"I am, I am, I am."
#CoffeeBreakClassics #TheBellJar #SylviaPlath #BookDesign #GraphicDesign
A transparent prison.
Close enough to the world to see it.
Too far away to touch it.
"I am, I am, I am."
#CoffeeBreakClassics #TheBellJar #SylviaPlath #BookDesign #GraphicDesign
July 21, 2026 at 10:46 AM
The Bell Jar.
A transparent prison.
Close enough to the world to see it.
Too far away to touch it.
"I am, I am, I am."
#CoffeeBreakClassics #TheBellJar #SylviaPlath #BookDesign #GraphicDesign
A transparent prison.
Close enough to the world to see it.
Too far away to touch it.
"I am, I am, I am."
#CoffeeBreakClassics #TheBellJar #SylviaPlath #BookDesign #GraphicDesign
Coffee Break Classics:
Something Wicked This Way Comes: Ray Bradbury
Childhood meets something older, darker, patient.
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #RayBradbury #SomethingWickedThisWayComes #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #Atmosphere
Something Wicked This Way Comes: Ray Bradbury
Childhood meets something older, darker, patient.
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #RayBradbury #SomethingWickedThisWayComes #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #Atmosphere
April 14, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Coffee Break Classics:
Something Wicked This Way Comes: Ray Bradbury
Childhood meets something older, darker, patient.
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #RayBradbury #SomethingWickedThisWayComes #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #Atmosphere
Something Wicked This Way Comes: Ray Bradbury
Childhood meets something older, darker, patient.
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #RayBradbury #SomethingWickedThisWayComes #MinimalDesign #BookCoverDesign #Atmosphere
🔶 Coffee Break Classics: Fear and Loathing 🔶
Aviators. Desert sun. Bad vibes and worse decisions.
A minimalist coaster tribute to Thompson’s hallucinated road trip.
Less cover, more flashback.
☕️🌀
#Gonzo #BookCovers #HunterSThompson #CoffeeBreakClassics
Aviators. Desert sun. Bad vibes and worse decisions.
A minimalist coaster tribute to Thompson’s hallucinated road trip.
Less cover, more flashback.
☕️🌀
#Gonzo #BookCovers #HunterSThompson #CoffeeBreakClassics
May 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🔶 Coffee Break Classics: Fear and Loathing 🔶
Aviators. Desert sun. Bad vibes and worse decisions.
A minimalist coaster tribute to Thompson’s hallucinated road trip.
Less cover, more flashback.
☕️🌀
#Gonzo #BookCovers #HunterSThompson #CoffeeBreakClassics
Aviators. Desert sun. Bad vibes and worse decisions.
A minimalist coaster tribute to Thompson’s hallucinated road trip.
Less cover, more flashback.
☕️🌀
#Gonzo #BookCovers #HunterSThompson #CoffeeBreakClassics
Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes: a carnival of fear, childhood, and temptation. The carousel horse, stripped back to its shape, still heavy with dread.
🍂 Another Coffee Break Classic.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #SomethingWickedThisWayComes #RayBradbury #HorrorClassic #HalloweenReads
🍂 Another Coffee Break Classic.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #SomethingWickedThisWayComes #RayBradbury #HorrorClassic #HalloweenReads
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes: a carnival of fear, childhood, and temptation. The carousel horse, stripped back to its shape, still heavy with dread.
🍂 Another Coffee Break Classic.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #SomethingWickedThisWayComes #RayBradbury #HorrorClassic #HalloweenReads
🍂 Another Coffee Break Classic.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #SomethingWickedThisWayComes #RayBradbury #HorrorClassic #HalloweenReads
Dracula (1897) isn’t just fangs and folklore. Told through journals and letters, it made vampires feel chillingly real. A quill and ink? Gothic minimalism.
🦇 Another Coffee Break Classic.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #Dracula #BramStoker #GothicHorror #VampireStories #MinimalDesign #HalloweenReads
🦇 Another Coffee Break Classic.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #Dracula #BramStoker #GothicHorror #VampireStories #MinimalDesign #HalloweenReads
October 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Dracula (1897) isn’t just fangs and folklore. Told through journals and letters, it made vampires feel chillingly real. A quill and ink? Gothic minimalism.
🦇 Another Coffee Break Classic.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #Dracula #BramStoker #GothicHorror #VampireStories #MinimalDesign #HalloweenReads
🦇 Another Coffee Break Classic.
#CoffeeBreakClassics #Dracula #BramStoker #GothicHorror #VampireStories #MinimalDesign #HalloweenReads
Coffee Break Classics:
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
Innocence, corrupted.
The horror isn’t just what happens, it’s the normalisation of it.
“When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #AnthonyBurgess #CoverDesign
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
Innocence, corrupted.
The horror isn’t just what happens, it’s the normalisation of it.
“When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #AnthonyBurgess #CoverDesign
March 3, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Coffee Break Classics:
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
Innocence, corrupted.
The horror isn’t just what happens, it’s the normalisation of it.
“When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #AnthonyBurgess #CoverDesign
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
Innocence, corrupted.
The horror isn’t just what happens, it’s the normalisation of it.
“When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.”
#CoffeeBreakClassics #AnthonyBurgess #CoverDesign