Book cover design inspiration

“Do anything except what’s right in front of you”: Matt Dorfman on designing book covers

The New York Times Book Review art director speaks about reading every manuscript he designs for, embracing bad ideas, and why collage remains one of his go-to tools for making audiences find new things in familiar subjects.

Contemporary Films Are Reimagined as Vintage Book Covers by Illustrator Matt Stevens

Generally, the adaptation pipeline begins with books and ends in film, but Charlotte-based designer and illustrator Matt Stevens has turned that process around. For an ongoing project that’s simply titled Good Movies as Old Books, Stevens reimagines contemporary movies as vintage paperbacks and cloth-bound texts, covering Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite, Jordan Peele’s Us, and Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, one of the illustrator’s favorite editions. More

Malou Messien on her obsession with display type, secondhand book covers and Estonian design

This Paris-based graphic designer uses archival finds to inspire her alternative approach to typography and composition.

A Skateboarder's Journal Book Cover Design Process

A Skateboarder's Journal Book Cover Design Process abduzeedoJun 04, 2019 As a former skateboarder and still avid fan of the sport I try to follow what's going on in that industry especially because, in my opinion, I believe they set a lot of trends in style. I have fond memories of the skateboarding magazines I used to collect in the 90s like Trasher and Transworld. When I saw the post that Tim Bisschop about a hand painted book cover for the "A Skateboarder's Journal" I knew I had to post about it. Tim was also super cool to share a bit of how he did that. It seems simple but the result is like the essence of skateboarding. It's all about the style and simplicity. Tim Bisschop is a graphic designer from Belgium wit an inspiring portfolio focused on Editorial Design, Graphic Design and Typography. We highly recommend that you check it out at http://www.timbisschop.be/ A Skateboarder's Journal Book Cover    

New Fictional Self-Help Titles Present Existential Messages on Faded Book Covers

Johan Deckmann (previously) presents existential notions of life, love, and self-doubt as self-help titles on hand-painted books. The fictionalized novels contain no words on their pages, however their size often directly correlates to the messages on the front covers, such as his series of blue books, which read “Good ideas” on the smallest, “Mediocre ideas” on the mid-sized work, and “Bad ideas,” on the largest. The Copenhagen-based artist is also a practicing psychotherapist who recognizes how language can be a powerful tool in both art and therapy.  More

Nature Book Covers

Nature Book Covers. Simple and delightful layout with illustrated plants and flowers. Copyright 2017-2018 @ Afroditi Constantinou.

The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic

In his first column, Moe Elhossieny charts how the iconic Egyptian graphic designer, artist and calligrapher challenged Western-centric design ideals and created a visual legacy still influential today.

“Simple, perfect”: The 50 best book covers of 2022, according to AIGA

From popular releases by A24 and Standards Manual to paperback poetry, AIGA offers a snapshot of book design excellence across 27 countries.

Publisher Wonderbly rebrands with a more impactful logo for its book covers

Since 2012, Wonderbly has carved a name for itself in personalised publishing. Now, Lovework simplifies its crown logo and makes it more “attractive and visible”.

Book Cover 'Ernest Hemingway: Artifacts From a Life'

Cover Design for the Ukrainian edition of the book Ernest Hemingway: Artifacts From a Life for The Old Lion Publishing House, Ukraine. ... Originally published by Scribner, a Division of Simon and Schuster, Inc. Copyright © 2018 by The Michael G. Katakis Living Trust and Simon & Schuster, Inc. Photos of Ernest Hemingway on the cover © John F. Kennedy Library

ABUK: Book Covers Design for Audiobook Store

In the digital era and in terms of modern digital products, books are stepping up to the next level at the perspective of design. Today we offer you to review the project that shows a new approach to book cover design: check the creative designs of original book covers we created for ABUK, the first Ukrainian audiobook store. In fact, it's a full-cycle production of audiobooks in the Ukrainian language, with the original sound record and trendy intuitive design. That's the project in which the Tubik team did everything from scratch: branding, original book covers and illustrations, UI and UX design for iOS and Android as well as website design and development. Earlier we shared interface design details for this project, and here we welcome you to dive into the details of book cover design process with integration of 2D and 3D graphics.

ARTWORK & BOOK COVER ILLUSTRATION | Ngôi nhà r? cây

Some of my artworks and book cover I illustrated for the book "Ngoi Nha Re Cay" by author Nguyen Bao Boi Quynh. This book is a collection of short stories and poems gently explores nature, friendship, dreams, and quiet prayers - that nurture the soft and tender hearts of children. Regarding drawing techniques, I also made some adjustments to express the lightness, sweetness and poetry in the paintings to help stimulate and support children's imagination.