Insomniac Dreams by Vladimir Nabokov (Princeton); Design by Chris Ferrante
Patient Zero by Richard A McKay (University of Chicago Press) Design by Isaac Tobin
The Aeneid by Virgil (University of Chicago Press) Design by Matt Avery
The Association of University Presses recently announced the selections for their 2018 Book, Jacket, & Journal Show.
The show is the oldest continuous book design competition in the US, and I was lucky enough to join McSweeney’s designer Sunra Thompson in deciding this year’s cover selections. The book selections were made by designer Linda Secondari and writer Robert Bringhurst. You can see all the selected entries — books and covers — in this AUPresses slideshow: