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Design Category
Book design, 1999
Design firm
John Gall Graphic Design (Hoboken, New Jersey)
Collection
(2000) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1999
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It is always a challenge when you have to design a cover for a book about writing. The options for imagery are somewhat limited and tired: a typewriter, a fancy-looking pen, a fancy looking typewriter. Not that reproducing a book on a bookcover isn’t a cliché, but I’ve always wanted to get a spine on the front of a book.