Faster

Faster

John Gall, 2000

Description

I remember reading somewhere about people converting messages into code and how they’d drop the vowels so they could speed the process up without losing too much of the information. Faster, a book about the accelerating pace of modern life, has a title and an author name that still make sense using only the consonants, and together with the subtle typography and color scheme of a road sign helps to get across the idea that we’ll punch three fives into a microwave instead of a six and two zeroes because we’re in a bit of hurry.

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2000
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book cover

Credits

Art director
John Gall
Designer
Jamie Keenan
Trim size
5 3/16 x 8 inches
Quantity printed
50,000
Typeface
Trade Gothic Bold Condensed
Printer
Coral Graphics
Author
James Gleick
Publisher
Vintage Books
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