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The Ruins of California

Design Category
Book design, 2005
Design firm
Rodrigo Corral Design (New York, New York)
Collection
(2006) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2005
Credits
Designer: Rodrigo Corral
Photographer: Mike Slack
Author: Martha Sherrill
Editor: Ann Godoff
Trim size: 6.4 x 9.2 inches
Pages: 336
Typefaces: Sackers Square Gothic, Floridian Script
Publisher/client: Penguin Press
Juror Notes

The Polaroid aesthetic of this cover fits the era portrayed in this book—the colors, the light, not to mention the scenes, are all fitting images for this novel, in part a recollection of past lives in a particular setting. Very evocative of a time and place.