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Discovered a couple of designs I did a while back for a book cover design competition.
Really enjoyed doing something different from the web or conventional illustration. Was great to work in the constraints of the format.
Had to squeeze a cheeky Keep Calm reference in somewhere.
A project from a few months back. Chromatic is a hand-bound edition of books based on the colour blue. Seven images were created based on seven swatches of blue, ranging from a green-blue to a darker, deep blue. The book is A5 format, printed on white cartridge, has reverse-folded pages, and Japanese bound.
I actually have a few copies left (of ten) if anyone wants one for the cheap price of, say £4? hello@ianep.co.uk
Coffee table book designed by Picturia Press. (www.picturiapress.com)
This is book 3 of 3 books we completed for the Anderson family of their annual blog.
The book Nuotraukos dokumentams / Photographs for Documents contains 40 double-portraits taken by Vytautas V. Stanionis (1917–1966) in Seirijai, a small town in southern Lithuania and commissioned by the Soviet authorities in 1946. Usually two unrelated individuals were portrayed in each photograph due to shortage of materials in postwar Lithuania; portraits that were later separated. The images were found years later by Vytautas’s son, also called Vytautas, who was exploring his father’s archive.
Berlin based book designer Tom Mrazauskas created this beautiful publication, crafted with special attention to detail. He chose Soleil, by Wolfgang Homola, as the main typeface. Every image was visually cut into half by folding the pages, avoiding repetition and creating a different rhythm. The duo-tone plates were printed on thin uncoated stock. Published by Kaunas Photography Gallery in 2013 the book has received several awards.
The designer Tom Mrazauskas told us how Soleil was the perfect fit for this book. His starting point was a "geometric typeface, used all over the Soviet Union, mostly for setting text in magazines, but he wanted to have a modern version". Mrazauskas also pointed to the parallels between the cold approach of the passport photographs and the pure geometrical forms of the typeface; and how at the same time there is a personal character in the photographs and a humanistic touch in Soleil. "Everything worked together".
The two noted typographers, Walter Lewis and Stanley Morison produced the first Chirstmas Book in1930, which was intended as a gift for the printing house's clients, related editors and writers. Only 500 copies were privately printed every year, and the last book of the series was printed in 1974.
Book cover design by Bill English for A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene. New York: Viking Press, 1961. PR6013.R44 B86 1961
Recipes for a Happy Marriage is a truly unique book we designed for our clients. This book is intended to be used during their wedding as a guest book, so all the attendees can sign the book and share their memories. The book is also a collection of their favorite recipes and images of their friends and family displayed throughout the book. We were so pleased to work with Lindsay and Jonathan again, as we did also designed a book for them in 2010, called Our First Year.
A project from a few months back. Chromatic is a hand-bound edition of books based on the colour blue. Seven images were created based on seven swatches of blue, ranging from a green-blue to a darker, deep blue. The book is A5 format, printed on white cartridge, has reverse-folded pages, and Japanese bound.
I actually have a few copies left (of ten) if anyone wants one for the cheap price of, say £4? hello@ianep.co.uk
This is research we are doing to determine the style & design of our upcoming book on business model innovation...
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.
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.
This is research we are doing to determine the style & design of our upcoming book on business model innovation...
Detail of the book cover Francesca Da Rimini by Gabriele D'Annunzio. New York: Frederick Stokes Company, 1902. PQ4803.Z3 F89 1902
marcel ayme
(an example of the masterful 'couvertures' created for gallimard's luxury editions between 1941 and 1967 by paul bonet.)
Book design of AOI Images 34: Best of British Illustration 2010.
This year I took the principles of the previous year and tried to create something brighter and stronger. I cut the letters for the cover out of paper and photographed them, then enhanced them to look slightly hyper real. Used a striking green that would have standout on the shelf and follow that through to inside the book as section markers.
Design & Artwork: Simon Sharville
© 2010 SImon Sharville / AOI
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AIGA/NY International Perspective series. Irma Boom in conversation with Debbie Millman.
1/29/2014
Tishman Auditorium, Parsons
Photos by Karen Vanderbilt