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Design Category
Book design, 2006
Design firm
Simon & Schuster (New York, New York)
Collection
(2007) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2006
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Nothing much to say here—a literal interpretation of the title. The designer feels that this is a compromised cover and feels ambiguously about it. The designer let it go because the art director liked it a lot and got it approved. The designer assumes the jury liked it. The designer wrote this.
“How simple! How elegant! How evocative!”