The Penguin Books UK competition in book cover design for a third year was open to all applicants: 30 percent are not students.
The Slovenian Pavilion: Urska and Jure Sadar at Work
The Guest of Honor Slovenia pavilion is designed with an emphasis on the natural lighting that Jure and Urska Sadar know at home.
AIGA Names Its 2022 50 Best Book and 50 Best Cover Designs
This awards program, started in 1923, generates a gallery of design standouts published and ‘used in the marketplace’ in 2022.
Little Free Library Design Competition Announces International Winners
Some whimsical, some outlandish, more than 300 concepts arrived when Chronicle Books and Little Free Library opened a competition for designs.
€30,000 Global Illustration Award Debuts at Frankfurt Book Fair
Citing the ‘increasing value” of design and illustration in “today’s visually dominated world,” Frankfurt Book Fair announces a new Global Illustration Award competition to discover and honor international effectiveness in the field.
What Does Self-Publishing Cost? The UK’s Reedsy Reads the Receipts
Got a spare $3,300? The UK’s Reedsy looks at how much self-publishing costs, based on actual transactions on its platform.
Riverhead Gets ‘Unexpected, Bold, and Unforgettable’ New Look
Riverhead Books revealed a “strong, contemporary, and timeless” new colophon designed by their award-winning art director Helen Yentus.
Why Self-Published Book Covers Are Better Than You Think
CompletelyNovel’s ‘Lord of the Book Covers’ competition revealed many indie authors are using the same professional designers as traditional houses.
Applying UX Principles in Traditional Book Publishing
PageJump’s Raymond Calbay explains step-by-step how the company applied new media UX design principles and research to develop its book, Abroad Me.
Lucia Berlin and a Tale of Two Book Covers
Picador designer Justine Anweiler wrote about how she went about creating the cover for the UK edition of Lucia Berlin’s novel, A Manual for Cleaning Women.