RESPONSIVE//PENGUIN DESIGN AWARDS//BOOK COVER DESIGNS//OUGD503

BOOK COVER DESIGNS:

I have looked at other book cover designs that I think work well to get some design ideas of my own:

I really like Coralie Bickford-Smith's designs for the penguin classics collection, I think the basic repeated pattern works well but its also the processes and stock that are used when producing these books that make them stand out.

Cloth Bound Series One

Year: 2009
Size: B format Hard Back - 204mm x 132mm
Illustraton: Coralie Bickford-Smith

'These titles explore my obsession to create beautiful, timeless artefacts for people to enjoy, cherish and pass on. Sumptuous, tactile books that evoke a rich heritage of bookbinding while retaining fresh appeal to modern readers; that both stand out in bookshops and have a longevity appropriate to the contents.'

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Year: 2010
Size: B format hard back - 204mm x 132mm

'I designed the patterns in an attempt to give these books something of the elegance and glamour of the art deco period, with the sense of ornate detail fused with the modernist aesthetic of mechanical repetition. The combination of metallic foil and matt paper is designed to feel good in the hand as well as look good on the shelf; by evoking the jazz age of Fitzgerald’s stories, I hope these books will give a little tactile enhancement to the reading experience.'

Cloth Bound Series Three

Year: 2010 - 2011
Size: B format hard back - 204mm x 132mm
Illustration: Coralie Bickford-Smith & Despotica (Gulliver's Travels & Inferno)

'These titles explore my obsession to create beautiful, timeless artefacts for people to enjoy, cherish and pass on. Sumptuous, tactile books that evoke a rich heritage of bookbinding while retaining fresh appeal to modern readers; that both stand out in bookshops and have a longevity appropriate to the contents.'