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Midweek Miscellany

September 28, 2011

Peter Mendelsund chats with Chip Kidd about his office for the redesigned From The Desk Of: I’ve always been a ‘nester’, I think most designers are. The difference now between my office and my bedroom as a child is the dearth of KISS posters (I mean NOW, not then). (Frankly I’m surprised the universe didn’t collapse [...]

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Jo Nesbø on WNYC

August 26, 2011

Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø talks to Leonard Lopate about his latest novel, The Snowman, on WNYC: The Snowman is the seventh book in his Harry Hole series, but the first to be published by Knopf in the US.

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Midweek Miscellany

June 8, 2011

A little late on this, but 50 Watts has posted the winners of Polish Book Cover contest. Will Schofield’s co-judges were Aleksandra and Daniel Mizieliński, editors of 1000 Polish Book Covers, and Peter Mendelsund. All the amazing entries are here. Pictured above: A Clockwork Orange by Chris Taylor. Fragments of Experience – The Guardian reviews [...]

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Koji Suzuki | Vertical

April 28, 2011

After watching Lauren Panepinto’s how-to video yesterday and talking with designer Jacob Covey about op-art book covers, I was reminded of Chip Kidd’s amazing designs for the Vertical editions of Koji Suzuki’s Ring books: Vertical are apparently releasing Edge by Koji Suzuki this fall with a cover by Peter Mendelsund that sticks with the visual [...]

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Something for the Weekend

April 21, 2011

Visual Vocabulary — An interesting interview with book designer Peter Mendelsund at Czech Position: I definitely take into account the author’s native culture, though whether I choose to adopt something stylistic from this culture depends on the vagaries of the particular project. There are times when one wants to accentuate the universal aspects of a [...]

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