Contemporary book design

As paper lovers and design enthusiasts, books have always held a special place in our hearts, as they combine so many aspects of our passion, but books as art objects, or, art made from books, are a new intriguing avenue we’re excited to explore. The world of extraordinary artworks from artists and creatives around the globe, using the physical book as raw material or starting point for their creative work is astounding. As the modern world grows more digital by […]

From maverick memoirs to topical tomes, turn over a new leaf with the Wallpaper* arts desk’s pick of new releases and all-time favourite art books

Virgil Abloh “ARTWORK”

Towards the end of last year we spotted the delightfully designed book covers of Janet Hansen in The New York Times’ _The Best Book Covers of 2016_ list. The chosen design was a typographic illusion cover of Rebecca Schiff’s novel _The Bed Moved_, that would stop any avid reader or design fiend in their tracks. After discovering that Janet is a designer at Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House, we soon unearthed an array of thoughtfully apt book covers.

Interested in the idea of the book being more of a culture as opposed to being something with the sole purpose of transferring thoughts. I created this series of three mini books sized at 1.7 by 2 inches each. Focused on the three types of graphic desig…

Alfred Hitchcock adopted the same cover art for his movie, and the rest is history.

The 2015 RDA has launched! Don’t miss your chance to have your work reviewed by the best minds in design today and to be spotlighted in our most popular issue of the year—the industry’s most prestigious and well-respected annual. The best book covers not only manage to convey a sense of the words within, but they also stand alone as portable works of art. A good book cover must somehow take the poetry of the writer’s words and transform it into a visual that embodies the emot