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Design Category
Book design, 1999
Design firm
Stanislav Grinapol (Brooklyn, New York)
Collection
(2000) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1999

Description

Trying to integrate the photos and type to the book so the reader would get the feel of a diary proved to be a challenge. I decided to integrate rough handwriting and a photo on a deckled, edged paper.

Credits
Art director: Charles Woods
Designer: Stan Grinapol
Photographer: Joel Westendorf
Author: Dennis Cooper
Typeface: Hand lettering
Publisher/client: Grove Press