May 7, 2012
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Freelance illustrator and paper artist Kevin Stanton recently contacted me about his book illustrations for the new Signature Shakespeare editions of Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. Art directed by Ashley Prine at Sterling Publishing, and with additional typography by the immensely talented Chin-Yee … Continue reading
April 25, 2012
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Award-winning director Woof Wan-Bau has created a wonderfully weird animated short for the launch of the Penguin English Library: (via Ace Jet 170)
January 14, 2009
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The featured work at FaceOut Books this week is 28-year-old Ely Sarig’s elegant–and unpublished–designs for Jules Verne’s classic 19th Century science fiction novels 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (above), From the Earth to the Moon (below), and The Clipper of … Continue reading
November 19, 2008
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More lovely book designs by the very talented Coralie Bickford-Smith at Penguin UK (mentioned here previously for her work on the Gothic Reds series) for a collection of classics available at British book retailer, Waterstone’s: “All the books in this … Continue reading
November 18, 2008
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Refreshing classic creative texts: Creative Review talks to Penguin’s art director Jim Stoddart about the redesigned and reissued books in the ‘Penguin on Design’ series. The books include Bruno Munari’s 1965 book, Design As Art; Marshall McLuhan’s 1967 The Medium … Continue reading