June 21, 2012
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It would be hard to overstate the impact of Barbara deWilde on contemporary book cover design. Along side Carol Devine Carson, Chip Kidd and Archie Ferguson, Barbara’s designs not only defined the bold, visual aesthetic now commonly associated with Knopf, but helped reinvent … Continue reading
June 14, 2012
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New Ways to Kill Your Mother: not only a great title, the UK edition of Colm Tóibín’s most recent book sports a wonderful jacket design by talented Scottish designer, illustrator and letterer Steven Bonner. The typography and decorative lettering is beautiful, but the … Continue reading
May 11, 2012
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Typesetting is a new documentary series that explores the relationship between designers, their work, and the cities in which they live. In the first episode designer Elisabeth Kopf talks about living in Vienna and how it inspires her untraditional approach to … Continue reading
May 1, 2012
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A few weeks ago, I mentioned Stuart Wilson’s unsettling redesigns for the Picador (UK) editions of the Patrick Melrose novels by Edward St. Aubyn. Here’s the full the set:
April 10, 2012
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Jennifer Heuer is a book designer based in Brooklyn. Formerly a designer at HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, she now runs her own studio out of the Pencil Factory. Jen’s striking inkblot design for 1000 Black Umbrellas by Daniel McGinn, … Continue reading