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Design Category
Book design, 1997
Design firm
Beacon Press (Boston, Massachusetts)
Collection
(1998) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1997

Description

The bold typographic jacket design is a fitting solution to this provocatively titled book. Professor Kelley’s book is a “bracing blend of biting wit and bold polemic” and so is its cover.

Credits
Creative director: Sara Eisenman
Graphic designer: David J. High
Author: Robin D.G. Kelley
Typefaces: Helvetica, Helvetica Condensed
Printer: Coral Graphics
Paper: Simpson 100# Coated Bright White
Publisher/client: Beacon Press