You know that moment when you're browsing a bookstore and a cover just stops you cold? There's something magnetic about a ...

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Chip Kidd is probably the coolest cat whose name you don’t know. Both author and graphic designer, Kidd takes turns using words and images to create unforgettable landscapes. As a book cover designer, ...

For decades, Chip Kidd has revolutionized the book jacket—giving Jurassic Park its iconic T-Rex silhouette, The Secret History its Greek statue, and 1Q84 its ghostly, translucent type. Now, for the ...

She was in the vanguard of female designers who looked to the past to upend the cool modernism of the ’70s with a style that became prominent in the ’80s. By Penelope Green Carin Goldberg, a ...

Peter Mendelsund estimates he's designed "somewhere between 600 and 1,000 book covers," ranging from Crime and Punishment to Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. But the self-taught, sought-after designer ...

People We Meet on Vacation is sweet comfort for any fans of romantic comedies. Based on the Emily Henry novel, Brett Haley’s ...

As a book jacket designer for respected U.S. publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Chip Kidd has worked with authors from Cormac McCarthy to Michael Crichton to Haruki Murakami. He is also a twice-published ...

We’re all told that we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but most of us do! In fact, judging a book by its cover might not be such a bad thing. A cover can help readers get a sense of what a book ...