Tag: Books and Art

How the Book Looked in Weimar Germany

Frans Maserell's cover design and illustration for the 1930 German edition of Upton Sinclair's A Captain of Industry: Being the Story of a Civilized ManA Journey Round My Skull has a terrific post, BLICKFANG: The Eye-Catching Covers of Weimer Berlin, featuring 25 book cover and related designs.Poster by Alex Keil, 1930The visual bounty comes from the 2005 (and unfortunately out-of-print) book Blickfang: Bucheinbände und Schutzumschläge Berliner Verlage 1919 - 1933 published by Holstein. The book is packed with over 1000 examples, many from the heavyweights of graphic design of the period.Would love to see this one reprinted or in an...

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The Time is Ripe for Book Arts

"The Book in Time & Place" is the title of the artist book exhibition currently on view at the Anderson Gallery at Drake University and features work from the The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and Drake Universities Cowles Library."The goal of the exhibition is to enhance understanding of 20th century artistic and literary developments within the world of books," said Sarah McCoy, Drake assistant professor of graphic design and art and design.It is a fitting title given the massive upheaval the book world is currently experiencing. As the 21st century moves along the pressure on the traditional book...

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Book Art Meets Book Design : Cara Barer Hits the Covers

In his post at Galleycat, "Cover Trends: The Book as Art Object" Ron Hogan points to two recently published books featuring the book photographs of Cara Barer on the dust jacket.On the same day as Hogan's post the New York Observer ran a piece entitled "The New Thing: Books Without Jackets " which looks at some new releases that are forgoing the dust jacket and using the boards as the canvas. "At a time when there are other forms that people can buy books in, it becomes more important than ever for the physical book to look really attractive," says...

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THE BOOK Project : Isabelle Vaverka’s Trip Down Memory Lane

click to enlargeIn THE BOOK Project graphic designer Isabella Vaverka adds a new layer to her library. Each book is shrouded in a printed white cover that Vaverka uses to share a unique story or memory that relates to each book. What the book is about takes a back seat to how the book fits into her life.click to enlargeThere's the:The Book In which I discovered a bill for the Beatles-record "Michelle"The Book I've Borrowed from SomeoneThe Book I found in the Garbage...The Book No One Has Touched For More Than 30 YearsOf the project Vaverka says:Today there are thousands...

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