February 22, 2013
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Or a Few Thoughts on the Cover Design of The Bell Jar (An Illustrated Essay of Sorts) In his recent essay ‘Graphic Design Criticism as a Spectator Sport’ designer Michael Bierut (author of 79 Short Essays on Design) suggested that … 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)
March 28, 2011
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Award-winning Canadian illustrator and cartoonist Jillian Tamaki (Gilded Lilies, Skim and Indoor Voice*) has embroidered (embroidered!) three beautiful cover designs for a new classics series Penguin Threads to be released this Fall. They are all breathtaking. There are more details … Continue reading
February 18, 2011
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Punching Through the Din — designer Jim Northover on the exhibition of Saul Bass movie posters at Kemistry in London. This is the End — Sarah Weinman on chronicling the end of the chain bookstore era: But maybe what really … Continue reading
August 5, 2010
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Not only does the talented Coralie Bickford-Smith, senior cover designer for Penguin Press, have a spiffy new website, she has also unveiled her stunning metallic cover designs for Penguin’s new editions of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Coralie is now on Twitter, … Continue reading