Cover / Peter Mendelsund ; photography, George Baier IV.
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TextPublisher: Brooklyn, NY : powerHouse Books, 2014Description: 265 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 29 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781576876671 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Mendelsund, Peter | Book covers | Book covers -- Pictorial works | Art and Design | Art and DesignDDC classification: 741.6'4'092 Summary: They say you can't judge a book by its cover - but that hasn't stopped anyone from trying. An original and visually engaging cover can help make the difference between a flop and a smash, and over the years more than a few designers have taken the creative and mysterious process to levels of supreme beauty and imagination. Peter Mendelsund is that kind of designer and 'Cover' is the story of his love affair with books.
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They say you can't judge a book by its cover - but that hasn't stopped anyone from trying. An original and visually engaging cover can help make the difference between a flop and a smash, and over the years more than a few designers have taken the creative and mysterious process to levels of supreme beauty and imagination. Peter Mendelsund is that kind of designer and 'Cover' is the story of his love affair with books.
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