Kirsty White: Perfume
Kristy White’s portfolio is filled with meticulously detailed pencil illustrations and smart design. I especially love how she brought the two skill sets together in this book cover design for Perfume. via Lushlee
Tag Book Design
A Collection A Day Blog Tour
It is certainly apropos that our stop on the Collection a Day blog tour happens to fall on the same day as my Collection post series. But rather than put together a new collection, I thought I’d share some of…
Erik and Nipper Investigate
Erik and Nipper Investigate is a playfully illustrated children’s detective story by Lajka Books. You can pick up your copy right here.
Tholön: Katz Publishers
Here is some beautiful work from Buenos Aires-based studio, Tholon for Katz Publishers, a Spanish language book publisher.
An Inside Look at Live Now
I’ve mentioned Eric Smiths’s inspirational Live Now project several times throughout dwl’s run. So I’m excited to share with you a few images of the newly released Live Now book. If you like what you see, and I don’t doubt…
Go Welsh: Dear Bill
Dear Bill, a project that just won Go Welsh the top prize at the One Show Design Awards in NYC, is an extraordinary letterpress piece. The winning project, ‘Dear Bill,” consisted of a message printed via letterpress on each page…
Adam Johnson: Repackaged Short Stories
Adam Johnson is a Brooklyn-based designer working at HarperCollins. Out of all the great covers in his portfolio, I’m especially loving this brilliantly simple series of short stories.
Penguin Essentials
It’s great to see the extent of Penguin’s commitment to design as they continue to release new series; the latest being Penguin Essentials. This time around, the aim was to repackage each title as a contemporary story through the work…
John Gall: Nabokov Covers
Last night I attended AIGA’s My Dog and Pony IV, where I had the opportunity to see four different designers in varying disciplines pitch a project. One of them was John Gall, of Vintage and Anchor Books. who focused on…
Book Covers by Jason Ramirez
I’ve admired the cover of Gabriel García Márquez: The Early Years for awhile, but could never find any information on the designer. So I was excited to recently discover that it’s the work of Jason Ramirez, thanks to The Casual…
Kafka, Redesigned
I’m popping in late tonight to share these redesigned Kafka covers by Peter Mendelsund. All i can say is, wow.
Matt Roeser Book Covers
For a personal project, Matt Roeser chose to take some of his favorite books and redesign their covers. Here’s a few of the covers he’s completed so far, but you can follow along with the project right here.
Kulick Design
Here are some great book covers, in a pretty wide variety of styles, by Kulick Design.
An Object of Beauty
I have heard so many great things about Steve Martin’s new novel, An Object of Beauty, that it has flown to the top of my reading list. So I was thrilled to hear from Darren Booth last week, who is…
Kelly Blair
Here’s a series of book jackets designed by Kelly Blair, a new-to-me designer discovered via the 30 Days 30 Covers project.
Penguin Designs
There is no question that Penguin has a great appreciation for design. Case in point, the final installment of the Great Ideas series, Volume V; and their recent collaboration with Project RED.
Where We Know
I’m happy to introduce you to a publication from Chin Music Press, Where We Know: New Orleans As Home which will be released this month. What caught my eye was all the of intricate production details, which include high-quality papers,…
FBA
I’m loving this collection of graphic book jackets designed by Portugese studio, FBA. via Cosas Visuales