Just discovered the new tumblr site Hey, Cool Magazine! thanks to @litherland

(front cover for above August 1930 issue designed by Walter Buehr)

heycoolmagazine:

Fortune, 1930.

vintage book and magazine covers designed by Olle Eksell
(above c. 1960, rediscovered via A Journey Round My Skull)

vintage book cover for De Dodende Stem by Ursula Curtiss,
illustration by Van Oosten (?) c. 1962 (via Uilke)

Coralie Bickford-Smith repackages the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald backlist with striking metallic cover designs for Penguin Press. (via The Casual Optimist)

Paul Rand was born on August 15th, 1914…

pinkjetpack:

Our Friend the Atom, 1955. What was lurking under the dust jacket.

“Lunch according to John Gall”
(via spine out via Design Bureau, above photo by Noah Kalina)

Penguin Great Ideas Volume V cover designs (13 of the 20 designed by David Pearson), with a look at the behind the scenes process of one cover

The Life of Forms in Art by Henri Focillon designed by Paul Rand c. 1948
(via point.line.plane.volume)

“Finding a Cover for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson,”
50 cover design comps later (via WSJ.com)

And Knopf jacket designer Peter Mendelsund adds his own comments about the article on his blog Jacket Mechanical.

25 Collectible Cat and Dog Books
(via Abebooks, above The Tortoiseshell Cat dust jacket c. 1925)

vintage stamped cover design by Sarah Wyman Whitman c. 1894 
(first discovered via Crossett Library)

new interview with Paul Buckley about Penguin 75 and book cover design

Art of McSweeney’s book and dust jacket

The New Yorker’s “20 under 40” cover by Chris Ware