MODE UNKNOWN

The Shape of a Feeling

Cover concept for The Shape of a Feeling by Adrian Miles: a lone figure surrounded by shadows and a fine red thread on a black book cover.
Cover concept · A book in the making

MODE UNKNOWN / Forthcoming book

The Shape of a Feeling

An independent art book inspired by the music of Depeche Mode and the work of Anton Corbijn.

Original images, brief passages and space to linger. A journey through electronic pulse and human vulnerability: devotion, desire, doubt and the strange comfort of a darkened room singing as one. From a solitary figure in stage light to a hand reaching through the crowd, the music takes shape beyond the speakers.

Adrian Miles

Open Presence ↓

In development

Out November 9th

A chapter preview

Presence

How much of a person does an image need to hold?

An open ivory art book: a small figure in stage light on the left page and a close study of a hand resting on a microphone stand on the right.
Presence — a chapter from The Shape of a Feeling, by Adrian Miles.
Two original backstage studies: a hand on a bandmate’s shoulder beside a keyboard rig, and a performer glimpsed between stage curtains.
Presence — the next two pages.
An open ivory book with a quiet Presence title opposite the reaching-hands study: two hands almost meeting in stage light, a crimson wrist thread and a keyboard player behind.
Presence — a study of reaching out, in response to Personal Jesus.
About the images

These original visual studies and book mockups were created with AI-assisted image generation. They depict imagined scenes, not documentary photographs of the band. The book is in development; final print design and production details are still being developed.