The cover
design for this book started with a famous photo composite
of an iceberg by Ralph A. Clevenger, licensed through Corbis.
The iceberg illustrated one part of the book's thesis. To
make the photo work as the cover graphic, I layered in two
additional photographs, of gold bullion and gold coins. This
added a visual statement of "Extraordinary
Gifts" while also giving the
whole cover a much warmer look.
