The paperback is here, folks! Even though I like it, I can't believe it's for the same book. I guess its because there's an element of seriousness and sadness about the hardcover, whereas the paperback initially looks like an intelligent comedy. I haven't read the book, though. Have any of you? I have to say, I love the multilayer action going on in the paperback. I almost feel like I'm looking at a magic-eye image when I read the title.
OMG, how awesome is this???!!!!! Not only are the photos phantastic, but they're also quite graphic considering the lovers look almost identical. Each book in the series, and there are maybe 30 or more, sports amazing cover imagery, and complementary back cover images that kick it up a notch. The spines are also a treat.
I absolutely love this cover. I have a thing for geometrical shapes paired with photos, the way Paul Rand, Saul Bass and the other designers of that time did things. Since this book takes place in the 50s, this design convention is perfect, and the broken collection of shapes and colors may also signify the author/protagonist's deteriorating sanity. And.....it's letterpressed!
I saw this book late at night in the window of Books 192, a Chelsea bookstore near the galleries. After some hunting around, I uncovered the title and author. Helen Mirra is an artist who works in a variety of media, including the writing of books in the form of indexes - this one "tracks words and ideas through John Dewey's Reconstruction in Philosophy (1920)." I don't know what that means, but I had some fun finding the title in that aesthetically pleasing jumble of letters.
This is the story of a man who loses all his memory beyond the age of 12. Much of the novel takes place in the desert, where the man participates in a research experiment where other people's memories are grafted to his. I think the blank slate of lost memory fits nicely with this spare treatment. This is Nicole Krauss's first novel. She is the author of The History of Love.
It's girls vs. boys. There's a nice similarity in the classic containment devices for both titles, while the girls punk it out and the boys keep it serious.
I really dig the juxtaposition of type, and that funky torn geometric containment unit for the author's name. This is an existential novel by the screenwriter of Gladiator (!) about an English teenager who ends up in a totalitarian country with a small band of revolutionary poets.
How freakin gorgeous?????!!!! Not sure who designed these, anyone know? These DVD covers rock. In Divorce Italian Style, "Baron Ferdinando Cefalù (Marcello Mastroianni) longs to marry his nubile young cousin Angela (Stefania Sandrelli), but one obstacle stands in his way: his fatuous and fawning wife, Rosalia (Daniela Rocca). His solution? Since divorce is illegal, he hatches a plan to lure his spouse into the arms of another and then murder her in a justifiable effort to save his honor."
From Ignition Print come these new posters for the movie due April 5. Mendelsund's original logo for the hardcover remains, though altered. Ignition made the posters for 30 Days of Night, 3:10 to Yuma, and 27 Dresses. Surprisingly, the posters have JUST come out, only a month before the movie. That is mighty odd, says I.
Is this gloriously beautiful or wha? Dropping April 15. From Glamazon:
I'm kinda lovin this cover. From the New Yorker:
This is a an interesting series of classic reprints at budget prices. I think they're designed in the UK. You can check out a bunch of them here:
Wow. When I saw the book (top) at the bookstore, I thought I'd ask Ali who designed it. Little did I realize it was a reprint of the novel originally published in 1981 (?) that was the basis of the Brooke Shields film. OMG! Needless to say, we've come a long way since the 80s. Still, I totally LOVE the movie poster. Thing is, the book is about two teenagers in love. The guy is OBSESSED with the girl, to the point where his love is a disease and causes him to commit crimes. I love the way he's totally lost in fantasy, while Brooke's eyes are open, as if she's thinkinig "something's weird here...". Or maybe she's thinking "I wonder if I'll ever work with Kathy Griffin..."
This scan sux - it looks better if you click on it. I believe this is case bound, and that the red is metallic. But I may be wrong. This is a well-received first novel about a military coup in an unnamed country, told from the POV of the president's barber, chef, and portraitist. I suppose the three heads on the throne represent these characters.
This is totally attention-grabbing at the bookstore. Interesting mesh of paintbrush font with newspaper-font. The dots in the background are a great touch - they make it feel newspaper-y and are cooler that a plain solid background. And who doesn't love a great-looking capital "R"?!
