Don’t get much simpler than this…
Archive for May, 2009
Love the hot pink with the mustardy illustration. The dimensional type is great, too.
The slab serif on the spine is cool, even if it’s a bit outta place.
The back says this is actually a detail from a Cuban poster.
I like how the striped wrap around the spine.
I love the Penguin cover system. Here’s a couple good ones from Graham Greene using pretty different illustrations (by Paul Hogarth) within that same structure.
I love the screened black and the yellow printing together.
What’s fun is looking at it sideways so you can see the face better:
And I usually don’t show the inside, but that’s where this book is best:
Some subtle overprinting on what looks like a 3-color print job.
