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Design Category
Book design, 1999
Design firm
Little, Brown and Company (New York, New York)
Collection
(2000) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1999

Description

Collaborating with an author who had definite ideas of what he did and didn’t want was a major challange. I end up writing the title and authors name on a chalkboard as if it were a classroom exercise.

Credits
Art director: Michael Ian Kaye
Designers: Michael Ian Kaye, Melissa Hayden
Photographer: Melissa Hayden
Author: Michael Pietch
Production coordinator: Antionett Marotta
Trim size: 51/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Quantity printed: 100,000
Typeface: Handwriting on chalkboard and tape
Printer: Phoenix Color
Paper: 80 lb. house stock
Publisher/client: Little, Brown and Company