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Ida Elke Kallehave »Doubt as a Superposition.« self-published, 2014

Something of a bumper post this month — a real mix of approaches, and a number YA titles to boot. Enjoy! The Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector; design by…Continue readingBook Covers of Note September 2015

Last week I stumbled accross these books from Le Club Français du Livre, founded in 1946, combining influences from the surrealist literary movement in France with good marketing — adventurous design and quality binding bring classic and new writing to a large public. I show one book here in...

Mapa Anny je nový povídkový soubor Marka Šindelky, nositele Magnesie Litery za prózu z roku 2012. Objektem autorova pozorování jsou opět vztahy: nebezpečné, zničené, vyhořelé, vyčpělé. Povídky jsou zároveň intimnější a přímočařejší, jsou smyslné i smyslov…

Buy The Complete Shorter Fiction book online at the Folio Society from the world's most extensive selection of beautifully illustrated books.

currentboat: “ This copy of “Les Fleurs du Mal,” circa 1868-‘69, was painted by Charles Meunier with Death as a skeleton whose outstretched arms are foliated branches, standing among thistle leaves...

online portfolio for illustrator Joe McLaren

The entire book industry isn’t on vacation. It only seems that way. Here’s August’s book covers of note… The Aesthetics of Middlebrow Fiction by Tom…Continue readingBook Covers of Note August 2015

This charming blank book is hand bound in peach and gray ombre linen. The linen is hand dyed by yours truly in a gradation that stretches across the book's cover. Protectively case bound with a rounded spine and hand stitched silk headbands, this book is elegant enough for a wedding guest book and durable enough for a travel journal. The book measures 6 x 7" with a thickness of 3/4". It opens to 120 pages of white, lined 50 lb paper. It has gray endpapers and is made with care from acid free…

We are getting to the end of another year, and among several posts we published on this blog there are some that stand out. Usually it's the post that was just published :) - just joking, but not completely because the images we are sharing in this post are quite inspiring. Ray Oranges, a designer and illustrator from Florence, Italy shared a project on his Behance profile that has truly beautiful vector illustrations, playing with negative space and geometric lines. The work is a series of…

Book Cover: The Chrysalids by John Wyndham - illustration by Brian Cronin

Fresh(ish) from last night's Academy of Book Cover Designers Awards, our reporter champions an evening of inclusivity where artwork for everything from supermarket bestsellers to literary reissues is celebrated in the name of great book design. We have all the winning work here, too.