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The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, 2005
Description
The title for this book of Mark Haddon’s poetry seems to suggest three different covers, and, as it turns out, everyone at Vintage Books (the book’s editor, Marty Asher, and, as always, the intrepid art director, John Gall) was willing to go the extra mile and try something unorthodox. So: three different covers simultaneously on the same book, and my first book cover with moving parts. Obviously, we had numerous production issues to contend with, and thanks go out to the splendid production manager, Andy Hughes, who was the epitome of patience and ingenuity.
Juror Notes
We couldn’t stop playing with the wheel . . . great solution to a three-title design challenge.
Collections:
50 Books | 50 Covers of 2005
Repository:
Denver Art Museum
Discipline:
Book design
Format:
Book cover
Credits
- Design firm
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Art director
- John Gall
- Designer
- Peter Mendelsund
- Production director
- Andy Hughes
- Author
- Mark Haddon
- Editor
- Marty Asher
- Trim size
- 8 x 5.187 inches
- Pages
- 60
- Quantity printed
- 20,000
- Publisher/client
- Vintage Books
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