Reading Time: 3 minutes For the next two weeks at Nicework we have 4 amazing interns hanging out with us, so we’ve ask them to help contribute to the blog! This post was written by one of them. His name is Conor and he is a third year graphic design student studying at the University of Johannesburg. He is […]
Tag Archives: book cover design
Pulp! The Classics
Reading Time: 1 minute This awesome little imprint from Oldcastle Books brings us classic works of literature paired with outrageous pulp fiction styled covers. I must have them. Via: The New York Times
Happy Birthday Charles Dickens
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today’s Google Doodle celebrates Charles Dickens 200th birthday. Dickens was responsible for some of the most iconic novels in the Western canon of English literature including: Great Expectations, The Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield and Oliver Twist (to name but a few). To celebrate Dicken’s legacy we have rounded up some great design work […]
Great Food Series
Reading Time: 1 minute Penguin has just released their Great Food Series, which is a collection of twenty books that document the finest food writing from the last 400 years. Each book cover is designed by the talented Coralie Bickford-Smith and inspired by ceramic styles from the time period the book was originally published. A great concept and great […]
Murder Mystery
Reading Time: 1 minute An amazing collection of book covers from old murder mystery novels. via: 50 Watts
Juniper Books
Reading Time: 1 minute . Inventive custom book jackets from Juniper Books.
Jessica Hische
Reading Time: 2 minutes . Jessica Hische is a designer with a talent for type (go see) but she is a lecturer at the University of Arts in Philadelphia as well. One of the projects she set for her students was to create a book cover design, end plates, title page and book plates for The Wizard of Oz. […]