The Unknown City
Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998
Description
The Unknown City is a scholarly book about the forgotten generation of working-class urban America. The design nearly fizzled when Elizabeth had to switch photographs mid-job because of permission difficulties. She managed to find another with exactly the same fissure to accommodate the type and still succeed thematically. For a nanosecond, editorial felt that the new photo looked too much like Wall Street; fortunately, good design prevailed. The typography has this amazing interaction with the photo. If the title were in Russian, you would still get it.
Collections:
50 Books | 50 Covers of 1998
Discipline:
Book design
Format:
Book cover
Credits
- Design firm
- Beacon Press
- Art director
- Sara Eisenman
- Designer
- Elizabeth Elsas
- Photographer
- Tom Arndt/Swanstock
- Typeface
- Alternative Gothic No. 2
- Printer
- Coral Graphics
- Paper
- 100# Coated One Side
- Authors
- Michelle Fine, Lois Weis
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
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