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Published January 6, 2009

Interview with Coralie Bickford-Smith

Penguin Books award-winning book cover designer Coralie Bickford-Smith (mentioned previously here and here) discusses her experiences, influences, book cover designs, and more, in a great interview over at design:related :

When I feel intimidated I just start making stuff so that before I can get frozen, something interesting is already grabbing my attention and keeping my mind occupied. As every designer has a different approach to a title, I try not to think “what would so-and-so do” and instead remind myself that my own approach is what I should be aiming for. Books are rich, wonderful things – there’s always something new you can bring out of them. Some people have to keep finding ways to package soap powder – I’ve got a lot more to go on with Crime and Punishment.

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(via The Book Design Review)

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Published December 7, 2008

Interview with Carin Goldberg

Success Secrets of the Graphic Design Superstars interviews design doyenne Carin Goldberg. Goldberg has designed book covers for just about all the major US publishers, including Simon & Schuster, Random House, Farrar Straus & Giroux, and Harper Collins:

Book jacket design was not as “sexy” or as visible then as it has become. Art directors at that time had more control. There were fewer, if any, marketing meetings or other sorts of group decision making that often dilute the creative process. It was an easier, more rewarding time to be designing covers.

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