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Design Category
Book design, 2002
Design firm
HarperCollins Publishers (New York, New York)
Collection
(2003) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2002

Description

The design problem was to create a book jacket about the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in 1883 and its aftermath. I tried to use the jacket as the historical document and the case as its emotional counterpart.

Credits
Art director: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Photographer: Toshihiko Chinami
Production director: Roni Axelrod
Trim size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches
Quantity printed: 125,000
Typefaces: Cheltenham BT, Consort
Papers: Mohawk Vellum Cool White 100 lb., CIS 80 lb.
Jacket designer: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Jacket printer: Phoenix Color Corp.
Author: Simon Winchester
Editor: Larry Ashmead
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers