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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

We were asked to design a book jacket for a series of stories featuring American women overseas by a young hot writer. I used a stamp sheet of women’s silhouettes to covey the multiplicity of voices and the feeling of being lost and isolated.

Credits
Art director: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Illustrator: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Production director: Michael Siebert
Trim size: 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches
Quantity printed: 20,000
Typefaces: Las Vegas Fabulous, News Gothic Light
Paper: Tomahawk Cream Matte UV and Debossing 80 lb.
Jacket designer: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Jacket printer: Coral Graphics
Author: Nell Freudenberger
Editor: Dan Halpern
Publisher: Ecco Press