We’re elated by the design that has been dancing across bookshelves of late. Here are 30 of our favorite covers of 2021.
Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read
Creative printable book covers for students are a fun way to personalize and protect their textbooks. With an array of designs and patterns available online, students can choose a cover that reflects their personality and interests.
It’s October, which means everything is now officially just a little bit spookier—and I’m not only talking about your Twitter handles. To celebrate the season, please enjoy this collect…
We’re elated by the design that has been dancing across bookshelves of late. Here are 30 of our favorite covers of 2021.
Book design and binding are arts we should not lose. In 1929, George Macy founded The Limited Editions Club (LEC) to publish illustrated limited editions of classic books. In 1946, the LEC produced a 1946 edition of Edward Gibbon’s (1776-1788) vaulting history book The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Lined up on the shelves, we … Continue reading "Gorgeous Book Design and Binding: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Other Delights"
Cheek and irreverence abound in my favorite book covers this month. I also noticed an unusual number of interesting textures at play, some excellent uses of text as image, and at least a few geomet…
If you’re looking for escapism, 2023’s book cover design trends seem determined to banish the darkness. This year feels less about the words and more about the feeling: it seems like it’s time to forget guidelines around hierarchy and decorum and just let rip. Check out the 2023 book cover design trends.
This Sunday is the 55th anniversary of the publication of Sylvia Plath’s first and only novel, The Bell Jar, which seems as good an excuse as any to revisit it. Or at least the front of it, a…
Fabric book covers are a quick, easy sewing project that can be completed in about an hour. Learn how to make one in this step-by-step tutorial.
In the past few months we have both been in the process of styling our bookshelves thanks to the amazing tips from Refinerie in our post on how to style a bookshelf. As much fun as it’s been …
It may actually be mandatory at this point to begin any kind of 2020 roundup with an acknowledgement of how shit the year was, and how impossible it was to focus on the good parts, and how anything…
In order to keep Pride going day after day, month after month, we've compiled a list of LGBTQIAP+ books you can preorder right now.
You can carry the book itself with you, but you may be concerned about the dirt on the book or the eyes of others.So why not make your favorite book cover for your book?Here introducing how to dress u
It may actually be mandatory at this point to begin any kind of 2020 roundup with an acknowledgement of how shit the year was, and how impossible it was to focus on the good parts, and how anything…
©1966 / Cover credit reads as follows: The cover shows Marina Apollonio's 'Piccola Opera'
Stephanie Garber's 'Caraval' — exclusive excerpt
Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read
If you're looking for a good book to curl up with, to create a lively conversation for your book club, or just a relaxing beach read for your next getaway, these great new books for 2022 will keep you page-turning well past bedtime.
An easy step-by-step tutorial on how to cover a book with paper. Bonus - you can stamp the spines for a decorative look!
My Book review of the first in the series of A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. New book Covers realeased in June 2020
Follow along as EW looks back on the original 'Hunger Games' book trilogy, revealing never-before-heard facts and insights about each book with Suzanne Collins' longtime editor David Levithan. First up is the book that started it all: 'The Hunger Games.'
On January 14, 1963, poet Sylvia Plath published her first novel in England under the pseudonym “Victoria Lucas.” The book had a positive but relatively quiet reception; only a few week…
Boom Bap – Premade cover art designed by Belkacem designer. Connect with them on Dribbble; the global community for designers and creative professionals.
Since retro is the new hot nowadays, vinyl records are starting their great comeback. So if you are a vinyl junkie or your parents have a big collection of the greatest '80s hits, this could be your next great opportunity. People across the Internet unleash their creativity by paying homage to vinyl covers and bringing it to life in a new context. Following the trend, people are obscuring or augmenting their body parts with vinyl sleeves, causing an entertaining optical illusion captured on photos before digital collages were cool.
In this quick and simple tutorial, you’ll learn how to create album cover art for an epic rock album. Using Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, we’ll look at how to set up the album cover size for...
In 1938, Alex Steinweiss of Columbia Records invented the concept of album covers and cover art, replacing the plain covers used before. Over time, cover art became an important part of the music...
Paul Bacon (1923–2015), master of the “Big Book Look” in cover design, died on Monday, June 8, 2015, at 91 of a stroke. This is an article on Bacon that was published in Print LVI:I, March/April 2002. During the last half of the 20th century, Paul Bacon designed influential book jackets, for bestsellers particularly, that revitalized the genre. “If I was born to do something,” comments Paul Bacon, “it was to design book jackets.” Bacon fulfilled that calling for about 50 yea
