March 20, 2013
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WHAAM! — Comics historian Paul Gravett on Roy Lichtenstein’s appropriation from comics: Lichtenstein’s… success, his getting away with turning supposedly anonymous ‘found’ comic art into high-priced paintings, continues to directly encourage others to do the same. But there is a … Continue reading
February 13, 2013
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Tell Me a Story From Before I Can Remember – A silkscreen poster of an ideal bookshelf of 100 books designed by Athens-based design studio KEIK Bureau. Going Back to Bed — Jonathan Jones on the art of Robert Rauschenberg, for The Guardian: … Continue reading
February 8, 2013
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Snowstorm…something, something… Snowstorm… Hmm, what? Oh right. Here we go… Pick Up a Pearson — A profile of book designer David Pearson in the New York Times: The chillingly eloquent jacket of “Nineteen Eighty-Four” is the work of the British … Continue reading
December 20, 2012
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Although I’ve only just posted my favourite book covers of 2012, here’s an early contender for the 2013 list: George Orwell’s 1984 designed by David Pearson for Penguin UK. According to David, his initial proposal was a die-cut version of the … Continue reading
May 11, 2011
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Half Crazy — Matt Dorfman on his great book cover design for The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson, published by Riverhead Books: Riverhead did not skimp on the production touches for this one. They sprung for a combination gritty matte … Continue reading