Tower: Faith, Vertigo and Amateur Construction

Tower: Faith, Vertigo and Amateur Construction

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York, 1999

Description

The most difficult challenge was to avoid what I deemed to be the expected photographic, nonfiction to unusual subject matter. My parameters were drawn by selecting Guy Billout to illustrate this book. He set the tone by making the author’s relationship to his tower a metaphysical experience. I let his palette and message guide me to my solution—the midnight background tones lead the eye deeper into the piece; my use of the right-hand vertical panel hinting at the building’s siding further increase the depth. I put a touch of moonlight into the color of the type to complete the effect.

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 1999
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book cover

Credits

Design firm
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Art director/designer
Susan Mitchell
Illustrator
Guy Billout
Author
Bill Henderson
Production coordinator
Harvey Hoffman
Trim size
5 x 7 1/2 inches
Quantity printed
8,000
Compositor
Stratford Publishing Services, Inc.
Typefaces
Meta, Willow
Printer/binder
R.R. Donnelly
Jacket printer
Phoenix Color
Papers
Mohawk Cool White Vellum 80 lb., Press Varnish with Glossy under Lam (jacket stock), Glatfelter B-18 cream (interior)
Binding method
Adhesive burst
Binding materials
Dark blue (head/foot bands), Pearl Linen 47240 Midblueshadow (spine), multicolor homespun slate blue (sides)
Endpapers
Cream to match text
Publisher/client
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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