Books, Design and Culture
Tom Gauld‘s cartoon on the future for book lovers for The Guardian this weekend.
Tom also did the cover and interior illustration in this weekend’s Guardian Review for an article on plot by John Mullan.
Last month, Canadian designer Steve St. Pierre started asking people what the title of their life story would be and creating book jackets for the replies. The results are both brilliant and weird.
Leah Collins recently talked to Steve about his project for CBC Arts:
“I love book cover design,” St. Pierre says, and the thing that makes it special, he says, is that a successful cover is “kind of like a blind date.”
“You’re trying to essentially put charm into a book cover,” he says. But unlike drinks with some random from Tinder, the relationship you have with a novel is likely going to be longer. Probably way more meaningful, too.
“It’s that negotiation, trying to be charming and trying to get someone to just think twice about what’s in front of them,” says St. Pierre. “That, to me, is my favourite part of designing these things.”
For the record, Steve just asked me to contribute a title. I’m thinking about it.
Tom Gauld on lost literature for The Guardian.
And in related news, Tom’s new book Mooncop will be published by Drawn & Quarterly in September. Can’t wait.
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