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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.
Maurice Nadeau: le roman français depuis la guerre
Idées / Gallimard, 1963
n° 34
couverture: photo-graphisme Henry Cohen
Our annual City Guide magazine, spelled out with photographs of various signs around the city of Pittsburgh by Heather Mull / Art direction by Lisa Cunningham
The original French edition of “In Search of the Castaways” was published by Hetzel in 1867-1868 as “Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant” (The Children of Captain Grant). It included 170 engravings by Edouard Riou which are also present in this 1873 English-language edition.
The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the “Britannia.” After finding a bottle the captain had cast into the ocean after the “Britannia” is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland contact Mary and Robert, the young daughter and son of Captain Grant, through an announcement in a newspaper. The government refuses to launch a rescue expedition, but Lord and Lady Glenarvan, moved by the children's condition, decide to do it themselves. The main difficulty is that the coordinates of the wreckage are mostly erased, and only the latitude (37 degrees) is known; thus, the expedition would have to circumnavigate the 37th parallel south. The bottle was retrieved from a shark's stomach, so it is impossible to trace its origin by the currents. Remaining clues consist of a few words in three languages. They are re-interpreted several times throughout the novel to make various destinations seem likely.
Lord Glenarvan makes it his quest to find Grant; together with his wife, Grant's children and the crew of his yacht, the Duncan, they set off for South America. An unexpected passenger in the form of French geographer Jacques Paganel (he missed his steamer to India by accidentally boarding on the Duncan) joins the search. They explore Patagonia, Tristan da Cunha Island, Amsterdam Island, and Australia (a pretext to describe the flora, fauna, and geography of numerous places to the targeted audience). They face many challenges on their journey– avalanche, hurricane, flood, tornado, erupting volcano, wolves, head-hunters, cannibals, you name it. It’s one of Verne’s most exciting adventure stories.
Albert Camus: L'homme révolté
Idées, n° 36
Gallimard - Paris, 1963
couverture: photo-graphisme Henry Cohen
My Memento cover uses a simplified depiction of the Polaroid photo. Again this seemed like a obviously choice, as the protagonist's use of the Polaroid photo is evident throughout the film, and it would be a recognisable motif to film enthusiasts.
1958.
Postcard in Postcards from Penguin.
Blog post at http://greaterthanorequalto.net/blog/2009/11/postcards-from-penguin/
Claude Olievenstein: La drogue, suivi de Ecrits sur la toxicomanie
Idées / Gallimard - Paris, 1979
n° 385
couverture?
Fan design (completely non-commercial and for fun) of the cover for Jeffrey Thomas's Deadstock. All layout was done in Microsoft Word, as part of a competition between myself and another designer to prove that it is the idea and not the tools that make a great cover.
All the photographed images used are by Thomas Allen (http://thomasallenonline.com/).
Fan design (completely non-commercial and for fun) of the dustjacket for Jeffrey Thomas's Monstrocity. All layout was done in Microsoft Word, as part of a competition between myself and another designer to prove that it is the idea and not the tools that make a great cover.
All images are from Fritz Lang's film Metropolis.
Henri Lefebvre: le manifeste différentialiste
idées-gallimard - Paris, 1970
couverture: photo-graphisme H. Cohen
"A few hours of their united toil resulted in the death of a large number of seals who were "caught napping."
The original French edition of “In Search of the Castaways” was published by Hetzel in 1867-1868 as “Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant” (The Children of Captain Grant). It included 170 engravings by Edouard Riou which are also present in this 1873 English-language edition.
The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the “Britannia.” After finding a bottle the captain had cast into the ocean after the “Britannia” is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland contact Mary and Robert, the young daughter and son of Captain Grant, through an announcement in a newspaper. The government refuses to launch a rescue expedition, but Lord and Lady Glenarvan, moved by the children's condition, decide to do it themselves. The main difficulty is that the coordinates of the wreckage are mostly erased, and only the latitude (37 degrees) is known; thus, the expedition would have to circumnavigate the 37th parallel south. The bottle was retrieved from a shark's stomach, so it is impossible to trace its origin by the currents. Remaining clues consist of a few words in three languages. They are re-interpreted several times throughout the novel to make various destinations seem likely.
Lord Glenarvan makes it his quest to find Grant; together with his wife, Grant's children and the crew of his yacht, the Duncan, they set off for South America. An unexpected passenger in the form of French geographer Jacques Paganel (he missed his steamer to India by accidentally boarding on the Duncan) joins the search. They explore Patagonia, Tristan da Cunha Island, Amsterdam Island, and Australia (a pretext to describe the flora, fauna, and geography of numerous places to the targeted audience). They face many challenges on their journey– avalanche, hurricane, flood, tornado, erupting volcano, wolves, head-hunters, cannibals, you name it. It’s one of Verne’s most exciting adventure stories.
We had a well attended Mothers' Day concert of the Townsmen Barbershop Chorus today. I designed the program cover using my grand daughter, Kate, a flower arrangement from a friend's photo in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and my wife's hands. It was done in ink on paper. Happy mothers' Day to all you moms out there.
"However, the raft was entangled in the midst of the river, half a mile below where they started,"
The original French edition of “In Search of the Castaways” was published by Hetzel in 1867-1868 as “Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant” (The Children of Captain Grant). It included 170 engravings by Edouard Riou which are also present in this 1873 English-language edition.
The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the “Britannia.” After finding a bottle the captain had cast into the ocean after the “Britannia” is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland contact Mary and Robert, the young daughter and son of Captain Grant, through an announcement in a newspaper. The government refuses to launch a rescue expedition, but Lord and Lady Glenarvan, moved by the children's condition, decide to do it themselves. The main difficulty is that the coordinates of the wreckage are mostly erased, and only the latitude (37 degrees) is known; thus, the expedition would have to circumnavigate the 37th parallel south. The bottle was retrieved from a shark's stomach, so it is impossible to trace its origin by the currents. Remaining clues consist of a few words in three languages. They are re-interpreted several times throughout the novel to make various destinations seem likely.
Lord Glenarvan makes it his quest to find Grant; together with his wife, Grant's children and the crew of his yacht, the Duncan, they set off for South America. An unexpected passenger in the form of French geographer Jacques Paganel (he missed his steamer to India by accidentally boarding on the Duncan) joins the search. They explore Patagonia, Tristan da Cunha Island, Amsterdam Island, and Australia (a pretext to describe the flora, fauna, and geography of numerous places to the targeted audience). They face many challenges on their journey– avalanche, hurricane, flood, tornado, erupting volcano, wolves, head-hunters, cannibals, you name it. It’s one of Verne’s most exciting adventure stories.