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Design Category
Book design, 2006
Design firm
Alfred A. Knopf (New York, New York)
Collection
(2007) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2006

Description

My goal here was to communicate a sense of the narrative using a minimum of elements.

Credits
Designer: Peter Mendelsund
Jacket designer: Peter Mendelsund
Illustrator: Peter Mendelsund
Production director: Andy Hughes
Production coordinator: Avery Fluck
Author: Thomas Bernhard
Editor: Carol Brown Janeway
Publisher/client: Alfred A. Knopf
Juror Notes

“Words, image and ink—perfect harmony.”