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Design Category
Book design, 2006
Design firm
Evan Gaffney Design (New York, New York)
Collection
(2007) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2006
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Poppy Shakespeare is a trash-talking, stiletto-wearing, chain-smoking diva who gets placed in a mental hospital against her will. Bossy and flamboyant, she quickly takes charge of her fellow patients, “the dribblers,” whose primary activities include fevered gossip and the hoarding of cigarettes. I wanted the cover to feel both crude and tender and have the earnest simplicity of a mental patient’s art project. A big thank you to Bloomsbury for okaying the uncoated stock and getting the overprinted colors just right.
“Type and illustration work well together and are complemented by a simple, pleasing color scheme—love the overprinting.”