Posts from ‘August, 2009’

When I design the cover for a book I like to read the book first, this is not always pos­si­ble, but it is impor­tant to talk at length with the author and get the feel­ing and mean­ing of the book. The next step is research­ing the book to find related infor­ma­tion about the topic or […]

As we know, typog­ra­phy is key in many designs. From the great type treat­ments used in Chipp Kidd’s book cov­ers, to the inscrip­tions on the base of  Trajan’s Col­umn and even to the inven­tive destruc­tion of type by David Car­son; type is inte­gral to com­mu­ni­ca­tion. Mod­ern dig­i­tal type rests on the shoul­ders of giants, cuneiform […]