Sunday 15 August 2010

A Tale of Two Yoshidas

A new, noirish book by a Japanese author is translated into English, and released simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic. The UK edition, from Harvill, is an uninspiring movie-poster style image...



..but the US edition, from Pantheon, is a very groovy thing indeed. (Click for a bigger version.)



Both designers as yet unknown,as neither edition is yet to be found in Australia.

UPDATE: Thanks to several commenters below, I can say that the second cover was designed by Chip Kidd, using artwork by Francois Robert--see more from his astonishing 'Stop the Violence' series here.

COMING TOMORROW: A combined interview with artist/writer Bob Fingerman and designer Peter Lutjen.
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5 comments:

  1. antonio lanza16 August 2010 at 05:22

    As a fellow book cover enthusiast and as someone who loves art in all it glory I would like to firstly thank you for your blog. Secondly, I can shed some light on the cover art of one of the covers: Francois Robert is an artist who has done some extraordinary work. A gallery of his work about violence can be seen here: http://francoisrobertphotography.com/#/portfolio/fine_art/stop_the_violence

    Thanks!

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  2. Will16 August 2010 at 08:22

    I posted the cover on tumblr (the second one, of course), and a friend tracked down a Chip Kidd interview which includes it.

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  3. Meytal Radzinski16 August 2010 at 10:38

    That second cover is creepy... Very cool!

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  4. Ian Koviak16 August 2010 at 11:02

    yeah, chip did that bone gun cover.

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  5. JRSM16 August 2010 at 15:31

    Thanks for the info, everyone. I'll update the post accordingly.

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