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These four images via Flickr have been on my desktop for a while as inspiration. More similar design work coming in a follow up post.
Archive for the ‘Book Covers’ Category
Misc Design Ephemera
October 24th, 2011
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Biograf Fictional Film Magazine Covers
September 9th, 2011
Sam Smith is a designer who put together these nice covers for a personal project. The task was to list his favorite movies of the past decade and design the concepts into covers for a fictional European film magazine. I think he’s done quite a nice job—I was originally under the impression they were real!
More Vintage Counter-Print Covers
August 17th, 2011
After sifting through more images from the Counter Print photostream, this collection arose. The purity and clear design of these book covers makes me want to own each of these.
Counter-Print Collection
August 16th, 2011
More beautiful covers collected by Counter Print of hard to find or out of print books. The first two here are my favorite because of the typography. The leading of the multi-line covers compliments the imagery perfectly.
ECM Record Covers
July 7th, 2011
ECM Records was a music label founded in Munich, Germany in 1969. ECM was best known for jazz music but released a wide variety of records. This collection of covers is only a small amount of a large collection.
Found on Designspiration
The Eames Lounge Chair: An Icon of Modern Design
February 11th, 2011
Late last year I stopped by Design Within Reach to check out one of these beauties. Talk about a chair sent straight out of heaven! Not only was I blown away by the comfort, but also by how well designed it is. In this book it really shows the Eames Lounger as a timeless beauty and the stories behind it.
In the book Charles Eames is asked to explain the chair. One of his quotes was that the chair needs to have “the warm receptive look of a well-worn first baseman’s mitt.”This to me is really what an older Eames lounger resembles and of course with some things, they just get better with age.
The book is definitely worth checking out and can be purchased through Amazon. More information about the book below:
The Eames Lounge Chair: An Icon of Modern Design, by Pat Kirkham,
Thomas Hine, David Hanks, Martin Eidelberg, Hardcover
Published by, BIS Publishers
ISBN: 9789063691356
Found on the Daily Icon
Display Collection
November 29th, 2010
Display is a tightly curated collection of modern, mid century graphic design books, advertisements and other ephemera. Display was created by Kind Company, an independent design office in Brooklyn, New York. Kind Company were the creators of the Helvetica and the New York City Subway System book.
Counter-Print Book Collection
September 9th, 2010
Counter-print has/had a great collection of really beautiful, vintage design books. A lot of the books are out of print or just hard to find. I find the first two to be especially interesting because of their interpretive depth.
Things Magazine Book Archive
June 29th, 2010
This book archive by Things Magazine is perhaps one of the best online book archives I’ve come across. These particular covers were pulled from the 1960′s archive.
Continue reading to see a bunch more covers.
Book Cover Designspiration
May 5th, 2010
The first cover’s color, imagery and typography is just gorgeous. I also really enjoy the piece by Anton Stankowski. Check out more of these on the flickr stream.
Images via Joe Kral/Swiss Legacy Flickr.
Venture Magazine
February 19th, 2010
These images are of a 1960′s magazine called Venture. It’s a shame there really isn’t that much information about the magazine.
Via the Retro America Flickr pool
Studio 8 At this Rate
January 17th, 2010
When mixed, large type and beautiful images always get me. This project by Studio 8blends the two together to form a beautiful booklet. It’s aim is to raise awareness about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. The booklet is made from only one sheet of FSC certified paper, folding out from the cover into a 12-page concertina, maximizing the sheet usage and minimizing waste.
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