Deaf Utopia Book Cover Redesign
This project explores alternate designs of the book cover for Deaf Utopia, a memoir by Nyle DiMarco penned in partnership with Robert Siebert. Some of the visual options explores various themes from the memoir while other designs while others are for visual amusement. Photo Credits: Taylor Miller, Frazer Harrison, Christian Högstedt.
Nyle DiMarco is a remarkable individual. He is known as an American model, actor, and Deaf activist. He is a native New Yorker and was born into a large multigenerational Deaf family. In 2015, DiMarco was the winner of The CW's reality television series America's Next Top Model in season 22, becoming the second male winner and the first Deaf winner.
"Nyle shares stories, both heartbreaking and humorous, of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. From growing up in a rough-and-tumble childhood in Queens with his big and loving Italian-American family to where he is now, Nyle has always been driven to explore beyond the boundaries given him. A college math major and athlete at Gallaudet—the famed university for the Deaf in Washington, DC—Nyle was drawn as a young man to acting, and dove headfirst into the reality show competitions America’s Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars—ultimately winning both competitions. Deaf Utopia is more than a memoir, it is a cultural anthem—a proud and defiant song of Deaf culture and a love letter to American Sign Language, Nyle’s primary language. Through his stories and those of his Deaf brothers, parents, and grandparents, Nyle opens many windows into the Deaf experience. Deaf Utopia is intimate, suspenseful, hilarious, eye-opening, and smart—both a memoir and a celebration of what makes Deaf culture unique and beautiful."
