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My redesign of Wonder Boys for my book design project Cover to Cover Read more about this cover here.
Book design of AOI Images 33: Best of British Illustration 2009.
This year I worked together with Adrian Shaughnessy on the design of the Images Book and exhibition graphics. In the book we created a tighter grid with a more contemporary feel and rather than just selecting an illustration from the book to use on the cover we created a typographic design that didn't favour any one illustration style or individual and that could be experimented with in the future. We then followed these principles through to the exhibition and awards.
Art Direction: Adrian Shaughnessy
Design & Artwork: Simon Sharville
© 2009 SImon Sharville / AOI
View Simon Sharville's portfolio at
"To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios", 2007. Published by Chronicle Books. Design by Tolleson.
Soseki NATSUME's "Sorekara"
Soseki NATSUME(1867-1916) is a Japanese author.
this is a facsimile of the first edition printed in 1910.
designed by Goyo HASHIGUCHI.
facsimile edition was printed in 2005.
夏目漱石《それから》初版復刻版
装幀：橋口五葉
初版1910年、復刻2005年
most of the binding process is done by hands of craftsmen.
多くの工程は職人による手作業。
or a bit of further information, please see:
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snow white book. studio fall 2007.
the book is on the duality of fairy tales, mean to be part of a set, each book criticizing certain aspects and poking fun of classic fairy tales. commentary and criticism on classic fairy tales and how they are interpreted (or misinterpreted) in today's time.
french folding is used to create a hidden layer within the book. at first glance the book seems to just tell the version of snow white (the disney-fied version) that most people are familiar with, but hidden through the pages are commentary and criticism of this tale.
An 826 Seattle project, this time collecting the writing of students (aged 10-13) on the subject of overcoming one's fears. So I say, how about a maze with an icon representing one story in each of the seven chapters of the book? Sounds good.
How about I ask the talented Dan Zettwoch to draw it so it's a little less gloomy than my mouse-drawn comp and then I'll tighten up the typography? Sounds even better, they say, the kids thought the comp was a bit gloomy.
So I ask Dan and he does it in a day. Then I say, hey do you think you could draw me some treasure to put in the lower corner for balance? And he does that right away too. Thanks Dan!
From Henry Cohen’s series of inventive photographic covers for Gallimard's Idées series in the 1960s and early 70s.
See Rick Poynor’s ‘Bright Idées’ on the Eye blog, and his article ‘The shape of a pocket’ in Eye 81.
The original bookcover, at left, was panned as "scary-bad" by Giles of "Foreward: A Book Design Blog".
As per usual with this series, I've tried to make the smallest change that would result in the biggest positive effect. In this case, I tried to reduce the apparent hubris by resizing the author's name. I didn't change the foil jacket though...probably protects the contents from alien control.
Basil Wolverton is a legend of over-the-top cartooning but he also dedicated himself to reverently inking hundreds of illustrations depicting the Old Testament and Book of Revelations for the Worldwide Church from 1953 to 1974.
Book design of AOI Images 33: Best of British Illustration 2009.
This year I worked together with Adrian Shaughnessy on the design of the Images Book and exhibition graphics. In the book we created a tighter grid with a more contemporary feel and rather than just selecting an illustration from the book to use on the cover we created a typographic design that didn't favour any one illustration style or individual and that could be experimented with in the future. We then followed these principles through to the exhibition and awards.
Art Direction: Adrian Shaughnessy
Design & Artwork: Simon Sharville
© 2009 SImon Sharville / AOI
View Simon Sharville's portfolio at