series of 5 ‘Penguin Modern Poets’ book covers with photograms, c. 1962

photograms by Peter Barrett

(via unexpectedables)

introducing the new Penguin Classics: the RED series

“Penguin has collaborated with AIDS awareness fund (RED) and a team of designers to produce new covers for eight Penguin Classics. Each cover replaces the usual black band with red, employing a quote from the text of the book as the visual hit..”
—more on CR blog

(discovered via Creative Review, above design by Gray318)

Peter Blake’s 1950s Penguins in the UK for the Penguin Decades
series honoring Penguin’s 75th anniversary.
(discovered via Caustic Cover Critic)

Penguin Great Stars series design by Stefanie Posavec

(discovered via The Book Design Review)

spotted John Gall’s new book cover design for The Book of Fathers (published by Other Press on October 13, 2009). From a distance browsing in Posman books, it instantly caught my attention. Up close the subtle special effects help to make this design truly unique amongst those books placed next door on the shelf. The collage art (which is embossed) is by Nicole Natri (cover image via n a k n)

Reply Paid by H. F. Heard c. 1944,
cover art by Gerald Gregg
(discovered via PopKulture on flickr)

The Main Title, 1948
“Experimental layout by Jan Tschichold and Erik Ellegaard Frederiksen.”
(via davidgeorgepearson on flickr)

Stacks of paperbacks from the 60s and 70s (via schemacoma on flickr)

The Reader is Warned cover design by E. McKnight Kauffer c. 1945 
(discovered via pietschreuders on flickr)

c. 1965, Cover design by Keith Burns
(discovered via mjkghk via flickr)

paperback cover designs by Emma J. Wallace for Orion’s Future Classics

I’m always amazed when a designer is able to pull off cover designs sans titles and author names on the front. I think this is a lovely and refreshing looking series.

(discussion on her process via FaceOut Books)

lovely cover designs on victorian Yellowbacks
from 1850—1900 (via abebooks)

If anyone has any supplemental information on this exhibition, or knows in what year the AIGA decided to do away with a separate paperbacks exhibition….please leave a note.

fredseibert:

design:related - AIGA Paperbacks U.S.A. 1959/1961

just for fun, penguin-esque Harry Potter series redesign by illustrator M.S. Corley
(via buzzfeed)