“OUBEY MINDKISS” is a book that contains the work of a German artist named, OUBEY. It was created to print and display his work.

In this image is a cover of a book that has a great example of the use of reversible figure ground. The different levels of text creates an active visual for the eye to follow; immediately when I look at book cover, my eye sees many different levels making the cover 3 dimensional and ambiguous (drawing in the viewer and encouraging them to search for text). Because the cover lacks color, the levels are distinguished through the use of shadows and different levels of prominence. The text that pops out the most reads “OUBEY”, the authors name. This text is dominate because it creates contrast to the level of the other letters and shapes giving it the feel of positive area. The next level is the text “MINDKISS.” Regardless of the larger more prominent “Oubey”text, “Mindkiss” is able to be considered the second level that stands out due to its relationship in size to the title and the background shapes. Cropping does not play a large part in this visual, because the words are restricted by the margins of the book. With that said, framing is occurring around the legible text “Oubey” and “Mindkiss” with the less prominent 3-D background. The text is flat and the surrounding background is different levels, which also draws the eye in to a different plane of design. In this case, the main tool the designer used to create a sense of  figure and ground through the tools of shadows and levels. This was strong for the designer to do because it not only is an engaging piece to the cover of the book, but it also has the power to draw the viewer to open the pages of the book.