For Reed, Second Hand isn’t simply a nostalgic trip down memory lane. The unearthing of analog book covers offers an opportunity to give lesser known, but brilliantly executed, designs their due. He ...

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We're always told that you should never judge a book by its cover, but a strong look can sometimes do much more than just sell the publication. This clever design for George Orwell's 1984 is getting a ...

In the ’60s and ’70s, the lurid, fanciful covers of science-fiction and fantasy paperbacks didn’t usually waste much time with typography. Instead, the designers put all of their efforts into ...

There's been a lot of talk about the new (book) edition of The Great Gatsby, with its movie tie-in cover that's been dubbed terrible by some and enticing by others. But there's a whole world of ...

Cover to Cover, a new book from Penguin Classics, is the closest I can get to looking at pornography in the office. I’ve stared at it for hours, flipping back and forth between covers I’ve passed a ...

If you've been to an American bookstore in the past decade, the odds are good that a cover designed by Peter Mendelsund has caught your eye. Despite scant formal training, he has managed to create ...

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