Books
TagThis Just In: Book Jackets by Philip Grushkin
Philip Grushkin was a tour de force in the publishing world. Letterform Archive acquired a modest portion of Gruskin’s archives in the fall of 2016, complete with original art and mechanicals for several of his dust jacket designs.
The New York Times – the best book covers of 2016
The year’s best covers, as chosen by Matt Dorfman, the art director of The New York Times Book Review.
25 of the best design books of the year
Here, for your reading and visual pleasure, we present PRINT’s annual list of design books released over the past year, as collected by PRINT Editor-in-Chief Zachary Petit.
50 Books | 50 Covers is back by popular demand
The highly-anticipated and long-standing 50 Books | 50 Covers competition is back to elevate 2016’s best book and cover designs.
German design publisher Gestalten declares itself insolvent
German publishing house Gestalten has entered into voluntary insolvency after losing money on a concept store in Berlin. Read the whole story az Dezeen Magazine.
The mysterious ancient origins of the book
The debate about ebooks v paper books is nothing new. Keith Houston explains how a very similar debate raged as the first books came to be in ancient Rome.
Design Observer – 50 Books and 50 Covers winners
Congratulations to all the 50 Books and 50 Covers winners! The best designed 50 Books of 2015 here: dogroup.co/28Rfzqn + the best designed 50 Covers here: dogroup.co/28Rfzqp