Books, Design and Culture
AIGA (the American Institute of Graphic Arts) has posted their inspiring selections for the 50 Books/50 Covers of 2007 design competition on their Design Archives site.
The elegant cover pictured here is from The Mechanical Bird, a collection of poetry by Asa Boxer, published by Vehicule Press. It was designed by David Drummond of Canadian firm Salamander Hill Design (based in Elgin, Quebec) who have some other great book designs on their website.
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Volume by artist Mickey Smith is a lovely photographic tribute to bound periodicals and professional journals in public and private libraries:
The irony and graphic quality of repeating titles fascinate and draw, no matter how mundane, from known to obscure, from Vogue to Blood. I focus on simple, provocative titles that transcend the spines on which they appear.
(Thanks Siobhan!)
Comments closedIs it just me, or is Penguin raising the bar for book cover design right now?
Inspired by the two-tone crime covers produced by Romek Marber for Penguin in the 60s, senior designer Coralie Bickford-Smith has created some remarkable designs for 10 gothic horror novels – including books by Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft and M. R. James – to be released by Penguin in their Red Classics series on October 2nd.
In this video from the Penguin Blog, Coralie discusses the genesis of the covers:
The whole set can be seen on the Penguin Blog.
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