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Article: Front matters: does the book Front Cover; Great Book Jacket & Cover Design live up to its title's aspirations? Asks Angus Hyland, partner at Pentagram. (The Week Ahead).
- Article from:
- Design Week
- Article date:
- October 11, 2001
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Alan Powers' Front Cover is a long overdue survey that considers the evolution of book cover design during the 20th century. It charts the rise of an increasingly competitive marketplace and discusses the methods employed by publishers and designers in order to remain relevant, innovative and commercially successful.
As a historical survey of its subject matter, Front Cover succeeds on many levels, benefiting as it does from a clear, ordered structure and a good balance of text and illustration. Powers opens with an edifying introduction, followed by four main chapters, each of which offers a range of interesting perspectives. It certainly contains some wonderful ...