The Namesake - Book Cover Redesigned

What if belonging came with luggage tags?

Inspired by Jhumpa Lahiri's book, ‘The Namesake’, this redesign echoes the protagonist Gogol’s quiet identity crisis into something tangible: a suitcase split between two worlds, carrying not clothes but expectations, memories, and the weight of being “neither Indian nor American, but something in between.” Drawing from the novel’s wit and restraint, the illustration uses familiar objects to tell a deeply internal story, inviting the reader to open the bag and see what else identity might be carrying...