The Casual Optimist

Books, Design & Culture

June 19, 2012
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Fully Booked – Interview with David Pearson and Jim Stoddart

GestaltenTV have been reposting some of their past videos, and I just came across this interview with designer David Pearson and Penguin art director Jim Stoddart from 2008 for the Gestalten title Fully Booked: Cover Art and Design for Books (currently unavailable sadly):

April 13, 2012
by Dan
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Something for the Weekend

A stunning new cover for James Joyce’s The Dubliners by German designer Apfel Zet (which reminds me — in a good way — of Tony Meeuwissen’s Woodbine-inspired cover for Billy Liar published by Penguin in the 1970′s). Consistent Forms of Hostility — With an exhibition opening … Continue reading