Design by Alison Forner for Padgett Powell's novel The Interrogative Mood
Design by Banksy
Design by Barbara de Wilde
Design by Ben Gibson
Design by Bunpei Yorifuji
Design by Carin Goldberg
Design by Mark Robinson
Design by Michael Bierut and Yve Ludwig of Pentagram
Design by Peter Mendelsund (who I interviewed here)
Design by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl, of Frank's Portfolio
Design by Scott Magoon, for Steve Jenkins' picture book
4 comments:
It's interesting to speculate how readers' tastes might compare with those of professional designers. Here's the link for those who want to put in their two cents' worth: http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=2233760011
I love the Never smile at a monkey and Lark and termite covers especially. Still trying to make up my mind about the The best American nonrequired reading cover though.
FaceOut Books had a good interview about the Interrogative Mood design – the full spread's well worth checking out.
The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service books work well individually, but they just kill as a series.
I have a friend who recently had a book published. During the publishing process Amazon didn't care two figs about the cover design, but Barnes and Noble got her publisher to change the cover design completely. My take is that Amazon sells so many non-book items that they aren't as focused as B&N on what makes a book sell.
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