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Alex Merto is a Graphic Designer working in New York. Yada yada yada, he’s available for hire. 

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Blind Spot—Teju Cole

Penguin Random House

BOOK COVER


The Field of Blood—Joanne B. Freeman

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

Lovers On All Saint’s Day—Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Riverhead Books

BOOK COVER


Reputations—Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Riverhead Books

BOOK COVER


The Flame—Leonard Cohen

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

Universal Harvester—John Darnielle

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER


Some People Think I’m A Shoe—Stan Smith

Racquet Magazine

POSTERS

Some People Think I’m A Shoe—Stan Smith

Racquet Magazine

POSTERS

Some People Think I’m A Shoe—Stan Smith

Racquet Magazine

POSTERS

Some People Think I’m A Shoe—Stan Smith

Racquet Magazine

POSTERS


Burdock —Issue 1 Cover

Burdock Media

EDITORIAL DESIGN


Burdock —Interior Spreads

Burdock Media

EDITORIAL DESIGN


Burdock —Interior Spreads

Burdock Media

EDITORIAL DESIGN


Ghost Wall—Sarah Moss

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER


Eat Only When You’re Hungry—Lindsay Hunter

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

Catalina Eddy—Daniel Pyne

Blue Rider Press

BOOK COVER


The Seventh Function of Language—Laurent Binet

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER


King Zeno—Nathaniel Rich

MCD Books

BOOK COVER


Safe—Ryan Gattis

MCD Books

BOOK COVER


Edge of Order—Daniel Libeskind

Clarkson Potter

BOOK DESIGN



Edge of Order—Daniel Libeskind

Clarkson Potter

BOOK DESIGN


Edge of Order—Daniel Libeskind

Clarkson Potter

BOOK DESIGN

Memento Park—Mark Sarvas

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

Memento Park—Mark Sarvas

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

Memento Park—Mark Sarvas

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

The Nocilla Trilogy—Agustín Fernández Mallo (Book 1)

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER


The Nocilla Trilogy—Agustín Fernández Mallo (Book 2)

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

The Nocilla Trilogy—Agustín Fernández Mallo (Book 3)

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER


Rich Cohen—The Chicago Cubs

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

Futura Sex—Emily Witt

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

Apprenticed to Spirit—David Spangler

Riverhead Books

BOOK COVER

Sneakers Book

Razorbill

BOOK DESIGN

Sneakers Book

Razorbill

BOOK DESIGN


Sneakers Book

Razorbill

BOOK DESIGN



The Tale of Shikanoko—Lian Hearn

FSG Originals

BOOK COVER



The Tale of Shikanoko—Lian Hearn

FSG Originals

BOOK COVER



The Tale of Shikanoko—Lian Hearn

FSG Originals

BOOK COVER



Seventeen—Hideo Yokoyama

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER



The Neighborhood—Mario Vargas Llosa

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER



Kill the Next One—Federico Axat

Mulholland Books

BOOK COVER



Some People Think I’m A Shoe—Stan Smith

Racquet Magazine

ILLUSTRATION



Don’t Fall For Facebook’s ‘China Argument’—Tim Wu

New York Times Op Ed

ILLUSTRATION




Gun Makers Must Do More—Eliza Sydnor Romm

New York Times Op Ed

ILLUSTRATION


The Organs of Sense—Adam Ehrlich Sachs

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

Awayland—Ramona Ausubel 

Riverhead Books

BOOK COVER

Pretend I’m Dead—Jen Beagin

Simon and Schuster

BOOK COVER


KL—Nikolaus Wachsmann

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER



The Hour of Land—Terry Tempest Williams

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER



Written in the Blood—Stephen Lloyd Jones

Mulholland Books

BOOK COVER



The Clash—I’m Not Down

Secret 7”

ALBUM COVER



Do We Really Want a Microsoft of Marijuana?

New York Times Sunday Review

BOOK COVER


Jeff Buckley—Lover, You Should’ve Come Over

Secret  7”

ALBUM COVER

The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez—Aaron Bobrow-Strain

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

The Secret Life—Andrew O’Hagan   

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

The Sound of Things Falling—Juan Gabriel Vásquez    

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

The Great Forgetting—James Renner

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

Worst. Person. Ever.—Douglas Coupland

Penguin Random House

BOOK COVER

Missing Man—Barry Meier

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

Heating and Cooling—Beth Anne Fennelly

Norton Books

BOOK COVER

GameLife—Michael W. Clune

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

Instructions for a Funeral—David Means

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER


The Light Years—Chris Rush

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER



The Knife—Ross Ritchell

Blue Rider Press

BOOK COVER



Lover—Anna Raverat

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER



The Wife on Ambien—Ed Park

The New Yorker

ILLUSTRATION


The Hairless Are Careless—Colin Barrett

The New Yorker

ILLUSTRATION


Pardon Edward Snowden—Joseph O’Neill

The New Yorker

ILLUSTRATION



Shakespeare In Swahililand—Edward Wilson-Lee

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER


Notes on the Dead of Culture—Mario Vargas Llosa

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

Near and Distant Neighbors—Jonathan Haslam

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

The Big Smoke—Adrian Matejka

Penguin Books

BOOK COVER

Headscarves and Hymens—Mona Eltahawy

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

The Moviegoer—Walker Percy

FSG Classics

BOOK COVER

The Brothers Vonnegut—Ginger Strand

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER

The Drama Teacher—Koren Zailckas

Crown Books

BOOK COVER

Love For Sale—David Hajdu

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

BOOK COVER