I can’t get enough of retro/vintage book cover image collections.
More book cover artwork, more books to judge by their covers
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 24 February, 2010 to the design and art subset
First we make the movie then we design the book cover
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 22 January, 2010 to the design and art subset
Mitch Ansara has created a retro/vintage style collection of book cover images titled “I Can Read Movies”, based on movie titles.
All things Penguin books, an interview with David Pearson
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 25 November, 2009 to the design and art subset
David Pearson discusses his “type-driven” work designing Penguin book covers, among other things, in an interview with Dan Wagstaff which also features some nice examples of book cover design.
Mills and Boon book covers have achieved “iconic” status
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 17 August, 2009 to the design and art subset
Yes, the covers of the Mills and Boon romance-story books have become a design classic of sorts. Their design format has recently been updated, and even though I enjoyed perusing this gallery of old and new covers I still doubt I can be persuaded to start reading the series…
Don’t judge a book by its cover, judge the cover’s design instead
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 13 August, 2009 to the design and art subset
Book cover designers showcase some of their work that was eventually rejected.
It may be, as offline readership continues to decline, that the mere fact of a bound, printed book with a paper dust jacket is something to celebrate. But every book jacket designer has at least one that got away – a fresh, inventive cover [...]
Book covers judged, but not read, by AIGA?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 24 June, 2009 to the design and art subset
AIGA have listed 91 examples of what they consider to be “outstanding” book cover design.
The bookish photo illustration work of an Art Rogue
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 11 June, 2009 to the design and art subset
Nashville photo artist Matt Mikulla’s photo illustration series “Bookish”:
Bookish is a self assigned project where I set out to create images that had a bookish quality and would make excellent dust jacket artwork.
Via Made By Suzi.
The changing design of everyday items in the last 60 years
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 10 June, 2009 to the design and art subset
The changing face of everyday design: from hats worn by Queen Elizabeth II, to the cover design of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Don’t judge an album by its cover
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 14 May, 2009 to the design and art subset
Classic album artwork re-imaged as Pelican book covers.
Science fiction book covers by Penguin
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 13 May, 2009 to the design and art subset
A collection of covers of science fiction titles, published by Penguin Books.
