Entries tagged “publishing”
said the shower curtain to Dave Eggers…
Text becomes another object for issue #16 of the form shifting THE THING Quarterly.
“Published on a shower curtain, with the idea that one would read it while showering, this issue is a monologue told to Dave Eggers by his shower curtain. It was produced in collaboration with Izola and is printed on a 72x72 inch PEVA (PVC Free) shower curtain.” —THE THING
(first discovered via Junk Culture)
more sad news in the world of print publishing: ReadyMade magazine will shut down.
(Farewell, Ready Makers. but for now, you can still follow @ReadyMadeTweets)
“Judging Books by their Covers”
CBS Sunday Morning takes an inside look into the book publishing industry, specifically contemporary book cover design. There’s a peak into one of Grand Central’s jacket design meetings with Publisher Jamie Raab and Creative Director Anne Twomey, a flash of international variations for the Twilight book cover, a visit with Peter Mendelsund at Knopf, generalizations on design trends for various genres, a focus on large book publishers based in New York City, and a short history of the dust jacket explained by a curator of rare books at the New York Public Library.
I want a studio that looks like this. London would be nice too.
(more about It’s Nice That Studio)
“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.
“This summer the Penguin Car (a Penguin-orange Mini-Cooper with the Penguin logo) will be touring the United States to celebrate Penguin’s 75th anniversary, increase awareness of The Nature Conservancy, and promote literacy…”
—Follow the Car, via Penguin Books 75th Anniversary site
Peter Mendelsund shares insights on David Foster Wallace and the jacket design for Infinite Jest (via Jacket Mechanical, jacket design by Steve Snider)
“How Books Are Made at Webcrafters Inc” infographic design by Funnel Incorporated
(first discovered via core77)
“Jobs Saves: If the iPad manages to save publishing, that doesn’t mean it’s going to save publishing design…” —a must-read article by Khoi Vinh in Print magazine
(illustration by Ashkahn Shahparnia)
In E-Book Era, You Can’t Even Judge a Cover
“…Among other changes heralded by the e-book era, digital editions are bumping book covers off the subway, the coffee table and the beach…
A good jacket is unlikely to save a bad book, of course. But in a crowded market, a striking cover is one advantage all authors and publishers want. To get a sense of the odds, in a random analysis of 1,000 business books released last year, Codex Group, a publishing consultant, found that only 62 sold more than 5,000 copies.
Even in the digital era, publishers believe that books need graphic representations —
if only for the online marketing campaign. Regardless of the format, “they all seem to need what we know of as a cover to identify them,” said Chip Kidd…”
—Motoko Rich for The New York Times,
(worth reading the full article to also catch a quote from Mario J. Pulice)
“Former Book Designer Says Good Riddance To Print”
(via NYT’s Bits Blog, images larger via Craig Mod’s “Books in the age of the iPad”)
“Where Books Are Treated Like Works of Art”
(article via Newsweek.com)
