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Design Category
Book design, 1996
Design firm
Grove Press In-House (New York, New York)
Collection
(1997) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1996
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This is an autobiographical account of rock star Ben Watt (Everything But the Girl) and his battle with a mysterious, near-fatal disease. Of course, we had to use Ben’s photo, preferably large, on the cover. But I also wanted to convey the humbling and equalizing effect that hospitals and illness have on all of us—even rock stars.