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Design Category
Book design, 2000
Design firm
Gittings Design (Tucson, Arizona)
Collection
(2001) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2000

Description

The special challenge in Faces was to give a smooth flow from color to black-and-white images, from single photos to spreads. My design solution was to be simple and clean. The publisher determined the book size, which we then revised to better accommodate the 4 x 5 transparency proportions. I am most happy with the quality of the reproductions.

Credits
Art director: Dana Arnett
Designer: Jane Gittings
Authors/photographers: François Robert, Jean Robert
Production coordinators: Tera Killip, Chronicle Books
Trim size: 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches
Pages: 272
Print quantity: 15,000
Compositor: Bright Arts Graphics Pte, Ltd. (Singapore, )
Typeface: Akzidenz Grotesk
Printer/binder: Tien Wah Press
Paper: 150 gsm Nymolla Matte
Binding method: Smythe-sewn cover drawn on
Binding materials: 310 gsm C2S Art card
Publisher: Chronicle Books