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Design Category
Book design, 1996
Design firm
High Design (New York, New York)
Collection
(1997) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1996

Description

This jacket was done for a work of nonfiction that deals with analysts and patients who become more involved as their sessions progress and the repercussions that ensue when they cross certain boundaries. The publisher was pleased with the way the couch curves were suggestive of a woman’s body, with all of the superimposed fine lines symbolizing the powerful rules and taboos these people must confront.

Credits
Art director: Michaela Sullivan
Jacket designers: Michaela Sullivan, David High
Photographer: Christine Rodin
Author: Susan Baur
Typeface: Caslon
Printer: Henry N. Sawyer
Publisher/client: Houghton Mifflin