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Design Category
Book design, 1999
Design firm
Cabra Diseño (San Francisco, California)
Collection
(2000) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1999

Description

I needed to create a cover that was evocative and provocative, combining historical images with a modern sensibility. Collaing significant images of the past in a layered fashion implied a depth of content.

Credits
Art director/creative director: Raul Cabra
Designers: Tom Sieu, Patrick Vallé
Illustrator: Carl Nebel
Authors: Carol Christensen, Thomans Christensen
Editor: Clancy Drake
Production coordinator: Jeffrey O’Rourke
Trim size: 9 X 11 inches
Pages: 246
Quantity printed: 15,000
Compositor: StorType
Printer/binder: Asia Pacific Offset
Jacket printer: APO
Paper: 80 lb. Japanese Kinmari gloss (hardcover-jacket) with matte lamination; paperback- 14 pt. With matte, one-sided art board lamination
Binding method: Hardcover: Symthe Sewn / Paperback: limp-bound with a paper-back cover with flaps
Endpapers: 90 lb. wood-free paper, printed four color
Publisher/client: Bay Books