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Grand Central Publishing
GT
Little, Brown and Co.
Exacting grammar IS glamorous and elusive, especially to a
California public school rat like me (and yes, this is a warning of sorts to you).
Penguin Books
The mark of an excellent designer?
When the writing might be crap,
but the designer stays inspired and manages to create something so good.
One of the most beautiful modern book covers ever- below.
Granted, Mr. Corral had an incredible image to work with.
I've seen this painting by Jacob Magraw-Mickelson in person and it is beautiful,
however it could still have been just okay in print depending
on the whim of a designer. The cropping, paper choice, gold stamping, dye-cut,
title, and famous author name placement were applied with a finesse and skill that is so
incredibly rare and breath taking to see when done well. Pulling out all those stop's
could have easily turned this cover into a garish sucker punch at the consumer
but RCD used his bag of tricks with an archers precision and it worked.
could have easily turned this cover into a garish sucker punch at the consumer
but RCD used his bag of tricks with an archers precision and it worked.
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