The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York, 2009
Description
The small, weighty trim size and electric salmon color of this jacket design are what make it so satisfying to me. We used a laid paper stock for a trusted, literary feel. My aim was to create a design for Lydia Davis’ collected writings that looked both monumental and curious.
Juror Notes
It is so difficult, given the demands facing today’s publishing houses, to make a cover this simple (and convincing). We loved the combination of stolid type and whimsical rules, and felt that the color choice was inspired.
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
- Charlotte Strick
- Jacket designer
- Charlotte Strick
- Production coordinator
- Michelle Crehan
- Author
- Lydia Davis
- Editor
- Lorin Stein
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Trim size
- 4.875 x 7.5
- Quantity printed
- 12,000
- Compositor
- PennSet
- Typeface
- Futura Extra Bold
- Jacket printer
- Vintage Graphic Arts
- Paper
- Mohawk Via, bright white, 80 lb., laid finish with press varnish
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