CHEERS FOUR FRIDAY

Happy New Year!

— Designer Suzanne Dean and art director Alice Moore reflect on book covers.

— In case you missed it. The ABC's in 3D.

— I took my camera to North Carolina. More to come.

— A new favorite typeface.

COVER OF THE WEEK

Simple is good!

Design by Jason Booher
Published by Knopf
Purchase from Amazon

COVER OF THE WEEK

A beautiful and well constructed cover with great detail!

Design by Ingrid Paulson
Published by ECW Press
Purchase from Powell's Books

CHEERS FOUR FRIDAY

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

— A drawing composed entirely out of 3.2 million ink dots. So amazing and beautiful!

— Vintage Christmas Bicycle Ads.

— Google Doodles.

— Kim Jong-il dropping the bass.

Photo: Hand drawn type from Design By AAD's Holiday Card.

COVER OF THE WEEK

I love the eraser detail. Simply great!

Design by Jaya Miceli
Published by Viking
Purchase from Amazon

LIFE IS GOOD

A lot has happened over the last year and a half. I got married, I started my own studio, my wife and I found out we will be having a baby and unexpectedly my father passed away. One year ago today my father; a teacher, creator, photographer, thinker, reverend and lover left behind a collection of good memories and stories for many. The funny, sad, and wise stories are bound in my thoughts daily. This cover is in honor of those stories and the life that created them.

"Life is good."

CHEERS FOUR FRIDAY!

YAY! Christmas is almost here!

— How Bikes Can Solve Our Biggest Problems.

— Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book Covers of 2011.

— I met Heather Corcoran this week. Check out her blog. Fascinating stuff.

— A very KC Christmas.


Photo seen on David Schwen's Pinterest.

COVER OF THE WEEK

The more I look at this cover the better it gets. So striking!

Design by Ben Wiseman
Published by AmazonEncore

CHEERS FOUR FRIDAY

TGIF!

— What the Book. Contribute to an on going conversation about book evolution in conjunction with AIGA's 50 Books / 50 Covers.

— Design Matters with Debbie Millman interview's designer Peter Mendelsund.

— Selling Books by Their Gilded Covers.

— Cheeseburger wrapping paper.

COVER OF THE WEEK

Simply Brilliant!

Design by Cardon Webb
Published by Vintage
Purchase from Amazon

CHEERS FOUR FRIDAY

— The Art of Book Design.

— Creative inspiration from Hallmark.

— It's Not just About the Bikes

— A new office in the works because I will be moving soon. After some some work I hope the new office looks something like this.


Photo from Design Observer

50 BOOKS / 50 COVERS OF 2010 EXHIBITION

This years 50 books / 50 covers exhibition is beginning this week, December 8th, at the AIGA National Design Center in New York City. It runs through February 23, 2012. If you're in NYC check it out (it's free) or check out the online collections.