design

The recently launched Bookshelf is a blog about…you guessed it…bookshelves! It’s a singularly ugly blog, with its bright yellow background, but it features some of the wildest bookshelf designs I’ve ever seen, from blatantly ridiculous, yet somehow intriguing, models to ‘that’s-so-cool-I’ve-gotta-have-one’ designs. Check ’em out.

Find out what the big names in design—and some PW readers—had to say about the cover art of new fiction and non-fiction books in 2007.

Hate the Kindle? Think you could do better? Apparently quite a few people thought so; over fifty entries were received in this competition. Here are a couple of nifty new designs for e-readers.

What can we learn from designers about writing and about communication? This: Visionary typographers understand one thing above all else—one thing that transcends the technicalities of kern, x-heights, serifs, and baselines. They understand that typography is writing out loud.

What influence does the commercial book buyer have on book cover design? According to Dennis Johnson, publisher, not too very much. He talks here about designing award-winning covers, and how his company does it their way.

Apparently there are 3 different covers: 1 for US kids, 1 for UK kids and 1 for UK adults. Personally I like the UK kids the best...
Yes, I *love* HP.