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Design Category
Book design, 2000
Design firm
Pantheon Books (New York, New York)
Collection
(2001) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2000

Description

The first 26 pages of this book have got to be the most imaginative fun anyone has ever had with a tulip. By throwing a bunch of exotic tulips on the scanner, I was trying to capture a sense of classic beauty and fun in a modern form. The type elements just add to the lusciousness.

Credits
Art director: Carol Carson
Photographer: Archie Ferguson
Production coordinator: Claire Bradley Ong
Trim size: 5 3/16 x 7 3/4
Pages: 289
Jacket printer: Coral Graphics
Author: Jeanette Winterson
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Publishers