Gotta love the commitment to form and technology. Looks like someone had way too much fun here. Such a fresh take on a very specific visual language from the past. So fun and approachable even with a limited palette. That horrible condensed Garamond, everything just a tiny bit lo-res and all the elements looking like they’re stuck on with no thought. – Emily Mahon Tamara Shopsin, LaserWriter II cover design by Tamara Shopsin (MCD, October) What a perfect combination of image and colors and font. Smart, funny, subversive, eye-catching-this cover is such a fantastic distillation.Īnother instantly iconic cover, The retro type and the cheeky illustration make this a conversation starter for sure. Beautiful palette, bold design, iconic image. Let us not forget about this early in the year cover with a brilliant, minimal, eye catching illustration that not only makes you want to read the book but also inspired you to frame it and place it up on your wall. – Sarahmay Wilkinson Melissa Broder, Milk Fed cover design by Jaya Miceli (Scribner, February) Each element is so carefully composed and clearly considered here-I can feel it! Yang Kim knocked this one out of the park. A gorgeous and super fresh take on a genre that we all know often leads to the overdone & everseen: “photo of a guy” + type. Love how the layers bring focus to Pessoa. Yang really designed this ‘repeat pattern’ in a fun and fresh way with a truly vibrant color palette. The more you examine this cover, the more moments of intrigue draw you in. Has a lovely depth and charm to it while also encompassing the subject’s enigmatic life. Loved the title font treatment, the soft colors, and particularly enjoy how the subtitle looks like a stamp-such a perfect detail. – Emily Mahon Richard Zenith, Pessoa: A Biography cover design by Yang Kim (Liveright, July)Ī great modernist design and an original way to play with a portrait on a cover.
The combination of the lush green background and the surreal floating horse is incredible.Ī classical layout and type treatment juxtaposed with a surreal & haunting image…and that green! Totally captivating. It’s electric in person – a design that could easily turn muddy is crisp and legible. I’m especially drawn to her use of color, and this title is no exception. Her work is always fresh and expertly crafted. I’d rather not admit how many books I have purchased because of Lauren’s cover designs. – Kelly Blair Jonas Eika, After the Sun cover design by Lauren Peters-Collaer (Riverhead, August)
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Such simplicity, and yet so much emotion in the shape of that mouth full of type. This jacket grabs my attention every time I see it. It’s wonderful when the art and title work together as perfectly as they do on this cover. The design is so whimsical and graphically eye-catching I can’t help but want to pick it up and give it a read. Lauren did such a great job with this cover. This is so simple and clever! I love how the letters in the title make up the teeth!Ĭlever, oddball fun, with a biting edge (pun unavoidable).
– Na Kim Kristen Arnett, With Teeth cover design by Lauren Peters-Collaer (Riverhead, June) Without question the best cover of the year. Type and illustration working in perfect harmony. This says “Western” but also “not your grandpa’s Western.” The colors! The fonts! The texture! I am always drawn right to this cover whenever I see it in a bookstore. The design is doing so much, so well, using surrealism, collage and color to deconstruct genre and gender archetypes. This book stopped me in my tracks every time I passed it this year. Love the collagey mash of Western and Magritte. The cover instantly drew me to this book and portrays the story perfectly. Rachel’s stands out to me because of the playfulness and surreal quality. This pop art collage style is definitely having a moment of popularity, and there’s no shortage of excellent designs to choose from. Third Place (tie 9 covers each): June, October The full list: Anna North, Outlawed cover design by Rachel Willey (Bloomsbury, January) Second Place (four-way tie 10 covers each): February, March, July, August Second Place (tie 5 covers each): Lauren Peters-Collaer, Na Kim Third Place (6 mentions): FSG The designers with the most different covers on the list: The presses with the most covers on the list:
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