Available September 6th.
8/11/11
8/3/11
Record Books
Records turned into book covers by Christophe Gowans. Check the link for lots more. The app icons are worth a look too.
7/25/11
New Oliver Sacks Covers
Fantastic new Vintage series designed in-house by Cardon Webb. 
Available starting in August.
7/21/11
7/20/11
First idea, worst idea?
I occasionally use post-it notes to jot down very rough thumbnails. They make a size that has nearly the exact same proportions as a book cover. I then either stick them above my computer, hand them off to a designer or throw them out. Looking through some of these from the last couple years made me realize how few of them actually make it through to final. Part of it must be the book cover kill rate, but I also think I might be using this process as a way to get the bad ideas out of the way, though for the life of me I have no idea what projects half of these are for.
7/13/11
7/5/11
6/28/11
6/27/11
Tomi Ungerer
Great interview with designer, illustrator, Renaissance man Tomi Ungerer at Design Observer.
6/20/11
6/17/11
Closet Therapy
A piece I did for this Sunday's NYTimes Magazine about whether therapists should help God-fearing gay people stay in the closet.
6/15/11
Contest #3
Name the designer, win the book.
Difficulty level: 5
scale of 1-10. 10 being the most difficult
6/8/11
6/7/11
6/1/11
Kids Today 5
Some student work from the spring 2011 book cover design class. Third and fourth year students. Special thanks to Evan Gaffney, Tal Goretsky, Chip Kidd and Megan Wilson for their inspiration and expert guidance.
Projects include:
Design a series of classics for a contemporary audience.
Design a cover for a How To book.
Design a cover for the novel Lake Overturn.
Design a cover for a book that is in desperate need of a new cover.
Nina Loschiavo
Rachel Willey
Alex Stikeleather
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