Last Thursday The New York Times hosted an exhibition of rejected book jacket designs called ‘Killed Covers’. Fortunately for those of us who don’t live in New York they’ve also posted a gallery of 20 covers from the show.
(Pictured above left: design by Roberto de Vicq, Wetlands. Right: design by John Gall and Leanne Shapton, Autograph Man)
The Wetlands cover got my attention, one of the key requirements for book cover design. It’s a well crafted design but I can appreciate why the publishers didn’t back it. The cover for Heft is lovely.