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AIGA's 50 best covers of the year are a celebration of the physicality of books

Creative Boom

Earlier this month, the American Institute of Graphic Arts revealed the winners of its 50 Books | 50 Covers Competition, and the results are an insight into how design choices celebrate the object quality of the book. As ever, though, there's always room for improvement.

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Max Bill #max #bill #graphic #art

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Discover more of the best Illustrations, Art, Graphic Art, Books, and Painting inspiration on Designspiration Saved by DeChazier Stokes-Johnson (@blackmarmalade).

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Jill De Haan  |   [link] personal project illustrating the covers of some of my very favorite books."I lik #literature #book #typography

Designspiration

Discover more of the best Lettering, Typography, Illustrations, Books, and Graphic Art inspiration on Designspiration Saved by Jesse Dodds (@jessedodds).

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All sizes | Graphic Art of a Swiss Town - ABC Verlag | Flickr - Photo Sharing! #cover #book #typography

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All sizes | Graphic Art of a Swiss Town - ABC Verlag | Flickr - Photo Sharing! cover #book #typography

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8 Female Graphic Designers That’ll Rock Your Socks Off

Just Creative

As a former illustrator based book jacket designer previous to opening her New York City firm, she designed over 2000 covers and learned the intimate art of connecting with an audience visually within a very small frame. Her book illustrations are rich. Louise Fili and her design work Marian Bantjes: Step Away From the Computer!

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Claudia Schiffer’s new book curates iconic fashion photography from the 90s

Creative Review

Now she is taking fans on a personal photographic journey through fashion’s most illustrious decade in new book Captivate!, The book features over 150 images, including unseen material from the model’s personal archives. book cover Captivate! along with an accompanying exhibition at Kunstpalast Düsseldorf.

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“Books remain stubbornly, thrillingly relevant”: the enduring value of book design

Design Week

The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has been judging books by their covers for over 100 years. The annual competition was originally known as Fifty Books of the Year, and jurors focused on the “construction of the book and the printed page”, its current organiser Heather Strelecki tells Design Week.