At the Penguin Blog, author Julian Barnes and designer Suzanne Dean discuss their 20 year creative relationship with Alex Clark:
“What’s so nice about working with Julian is the trust; I think that’s really important. There’s nothing more heartbreaking than producing something and someone can’t understand what you’re trying to show them. I think over time you build up that trust and you know that I’ll be working my very hardest to give you the best cover I possibly can. I really am so desperate to produce perfection each time and I want it to be better each time.”
You can listen to the full conversation on the Vintage Books podcast:
And you can read more about the cover design of Julian Barnes’ new novel, The Noise of Time, on CMYK, the Vintage design blog.