The Beats
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York, 2009
Description
This particular jacket is a rare example of when everything just falls into place on the first pass: the art and the design. I decided to use the images of Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg in the interior art because they spoke volumes to me about this particular generation of men and women. They were artists filled with pain, love, hope, dreams and insanity. I hoped to share this feeling with the viewer by showcasing these illustrations.
Juror Notes
I love any time you can find a good home for Cooper Black!
Collections:
50 Books | 50 Covers of 2009
Repository:
Denver Art Museum
Discipline:
Book design
Format:
Book cover
Credits
- Design firm
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Creative director
- Susan Mitchell
- Art director
- Susan Mitchell
- Jacket designer
- Aaron Artessa
- Illustrators
- Paul Buhle, Harvey Pekar, Ed Piskor
- Production director
- Peter Richardson
- Authors
- Joyce Brabner, Harvey Pekar, Nancy Peters, Trina Robbins, Penelope Rosemont
- Editors
- Paul Buhle (text), Thomas LeBien
- Publisher/client
- Hill and Wang Novel Graphics
- Trim size
- 6 x 9
- Pages
- 208
- Quantity printed
- 8,500
- Compositor
- Laura Dumm
- Typefaces
- CanCan de Bois, Cooper Black
- Jacket printer
- Lehigh Phoenix
- Binder
- RR Donnelley
- Binding method
- Notch
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