We are extremely honoured (and surprised!) to have won the Best Cover award at the British Book Design and Production Awards 2011 for our work on Super Sad True Love Story. Many thanks to Granta for giving us the chance to work on such a great book!
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British Book Design and Production Awards 2011
Friday, November 11th, 2011Anna & The Juniper Dog
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Here’s a quick peep at our book design for Anna & The Juniper Dog, written by our dear friend and colleague, Geoff Cox. This books marks part two of the Anna trilogy following Anna & The Witch’s Bottle published in 2010. All illustrations by Rohan Daniel Eason. Available now from Black Maps.
The Modernist (2011)
Monday, June 27th, 2011
We have several bits’n'bobs included in this new book from Gestalten, The Modernist (and rather nice it is too).
Anna & The Juniper Dog – Book Launch
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Typoshirt One
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
The black colourway of our Lucifer T’shirt for Sixpack France has popped up in this new book focusing on type-based T’shirt designs.
The book is out now, published by Index Books. ISBN: 978-84-92643-55-4
+ If you’re interested, Sixpack still have a few of the black T’s on sale here (The blue version and the jacket have all gone for now though).
Haunted Air
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Haunted Air is a beautiful new book by Ossian Brown, featuring his collection of anonymous Hallowe’en photographs, lovingly resurrected from garage sales and junk shops across America. The images are both chilling and intriguing, and remind us of a time when this Pagan tradition meant something far more than selling themed goods. There’s a foreword by David Lynch, and (more importantly) a rather poetic afterword by long-time La Boca friend, colleague and inspiration, Geoff Cox (described as “ornate and bejewelled writing” on 6Music a couple of weeks ago). Essential viewing/reading we think.
Available at Amazon now.
Published by Jonathan Cape
ISBN: 978-0224089708
Super Sad True Love Story
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Here’s a book cover we’ve designed for Super Sad True Love Story, a new sci-fi novel by American writer Gary Shteyngart. Text on the cover is printed in a lovely rainbow foil, and we twisted a few arms to get an all-over print on the reverse inside flaps. Published in the UK on September 2nd by Granta.
Dada Archive
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Peanuts
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
I really like these little Peanuts books by Charles M. Schulz. Each one is around 14.5cm square and printed in 3 colours throughout, but it’s the beautiful simplicity of both the design and content that makes them such a charming set. Here’s the details on the ones I have:
“Security Is A Thumb And A Blanket” by Charles M. Schulz.
Published by Determined Productions (1963). Designed by Jim Young.
“I Need All The Friends I can get” by Charles M. Schulz.
Published by Determined Productions (1964). Designed by Jim Young.
“Love Is Walking Hand In Hand” by Charles M. Schulz.
Published by Paul Hamlyn Ltd (1965). Designed by Determined Productions.
+ More pics after the jump…
Folkways
Friday, March 5th, 2010
I received my copy of the rather tasty Folkways earlier this week. Beautifully designed by Spin (of course), published by Unit Editions, and a bargain at £7.50. Lovely. Highly recommended.