tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-261820762024-03-05T23:52:33.819-05:00...by Henry Sene Yee DesignMy portfolio of book cover designsH3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-15408137036443159142013-06-27T12:43:00.002-04:002014-04-23T10:32:39.715-04:00My Very First Book Covers Designed on a Mac<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I love the flavor of early '90s Mac design. <a href="https://twitter.com/hsyee">@hsyee</a> offers some examples: his first book covers, made on a Quadra 950. <a href="http://t.co/MNjFE5PsOk">http://t.co/MNjFE5PsOk</a></p>— Robin Sloan (@robinsloan) <a href="https://twitter.com/robinsloan/statuses/444149977838006272">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br />
Way back in September 1992, when I was a Senior Designer in the St. Martin's Press Art Department, we received our first-hand glimpse into the future: a <a href="http://apple-history.com/950" target="_blank">Macintosh Quadra 950</a>. As a Wizard of hot wax paste up and mechanicals, and a Ruler of the Rapidograph pen and T-square, I looked at this warm gray hunk of circuits with both awe and fear. I poked and prodded this tower of power like primitive man's first encounter with the Monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey. The evolution of design had begun. Thus Spake Steve Jobs.<br />
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Excited to play around with this new toy, I launched the page layout program QuarkXPress 3.1 and stared at the screen. OK, now what?<br />
I had a snapshot that I took at the Metropolitan Museum of <span style="color: red;">(spoiler alert)</span>, Perseus with the Severed Head of <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/120020491" target="_blank">Medusa</a> <span style="color: red;">(end spoiler)</span>, and I figured out how to use a digital scanner. But I couldn't figure out how get the image into Quark. Then I remembered that one of the designers here, Nat Estes, mentioned a file format called tiff. I resaved the image as a .TIF file and VOILA! Somehow I got it in there. I stumbled blindly, but excitedly, exploring and applying every dropbox menu filter, discovering how to manipulate type and image; alignments and spacings; boxes and rules; colors and tones. Right in front of my eyes. WOW. This is going to change everything. The Mac gave us new tools to slay monsters.<br />
RELEASE THE KERNING!<br />
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Below are my first mockup designs created digitally on a Mac:<br />
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2001: A Space Odyssey: The Dawn of Man<br />
<object height="225" width="400"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/ML1OZCHixR0?hl=en_US&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/ML1OZCHixR0?hl=en_US&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-56792951103523058822012-08-09T12:01:00.002-04:002012-08-09T12:03:44.362-04:00Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan (Outtakes)by <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/delwilber" target="new">Del Quentin Wilber</a> / <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/rawhidedown/DelWilber" target="new">Picador</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A minute-by-minute account of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan<br /></span><br />I worked with <a href="http://lightbox.time.com/2011/03/30/behind-the-photos-the-attempted-assassination-of-president-reagan-revisited/#3" target="new">Ron Edmonds's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph</a> of President Ronald Reagan at the moment of the shooting. I thought that the image was recognizable enough for me to abstract. To suggest the book’s close-up, in-depth exploration on this event, I cropped tightly into the expression on his face. I wanted the immediacy of a news event unfolding, so I converted the image into newspaper printing, halftone-dots. I chose a large dot pattern to further abstract the image and get you even closer. All of the type elements were placed in the repeated dot shapes that suggested gunshots. In the end, this was probably too sensational of an approach for this book.<br /><br />KILLED COMPS:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeZ6VWvStOza3MWPx3te4Rekvv6U1WrQbSxuq6EJiMRzqi-uXxZ8b5tqRKHQIWJjzeQjA8tm3jmpI3_I-Ou7oXeCDoX7ZY8W2LAiFCq2ZHO6FOt4df5i79DYgBz8peoUezo0/s1600/Rawhide-Down-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeZ6VWvStOza3MWPx3te4Rekvv6U1WrQbSxuq6EJiMRzqi-uXxZ8b5tqRKHQIWJjzeQjA8tm3jmpI3_I-Ou7oXeCDoX7ZY8W2LAiFCq2ZHO6FOt4df5i79DYgBz8peoUezo0/s400/Rawhide-Down-01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724710786183631282" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23LwNCsFLbEEJMMo_7iXaQgryiG8NmzQ9zAWJGYNDHcmHeoVViKHOvQ1mglfD-xo9k9jwsPG5hjK4OEUgc-S5bjoxZJW9ucP_0LTlv3yAd87bKaLai7twAdRAMunVldriI4M/s1600/Rawhide-Down-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23LwNCsFLbEEJMMo_7iXaQgryiG8NmzQ9zAWJGYNDHcmHeoVViKHOvQ1mglfD-xo9k9jwsPG5hjK4OEUgc-S5bjoxZJW9ucP_0LTlv3yAd87bKaLai7twAdRAMunVldriI4M/s400/Rawhide-Down-02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724710785295656098" /></a><br /><br /><br />Read photographer Ron Edmonds/AP <a href="http://lightbox.time.com/2011/03/30/behind-the-photos-the-attempted-assassination-of-president-reagan-revisited/#1" target="new">Behind-the-Photo account</a> of his Pulitzer Prize-Winning photograph.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfiA-z-_INFaFyA0UCIBFYTKrJp0yATK_vgmwpf7A2trWcbQIcdJnDSEXfeFWDGJtOavzr9wK41zhr61TRs1ZPDlUOb2ZiLef68TTC2MXDRuabRN4avwPZA6sxoCZXTycgi0/s1600/NYT.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfiA-z-_INFaFyA0UCIBFYTKrJp0yATK_vgmwpf7A2trWcbQIcdJnDSEXfeFWDGJtOavzr9wK41zhr61TRs1ZPDlUOb2ZiLef68TTC2MXDRuabRN4avwPZA6sxoCZXTycgi0/s400/NYT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774704502996223202" /></a>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-18347740649605210842012-05-01T11:30:00.015-04:002015-09-16T20:40:22.486-04:00SMUT: stories<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7WxgcXP7lHHQQ8KOX0-HuPACdVL0Hrx2qKbJjWhObVmg9PnwFrF7G1cPOXZkEw27SO92lio_5uGzLn11D5MVyJGP4L0nwQIo1VbpOX7adArbZsZ1FxT374Wz73Vg-fxhW6Q/s1600/SMUT-large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 20em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7WxgcXP7lHHQQ8KOX0-HuPACdVL0Hrx2qKbJjWhObVmg9PnwFrF7G1cPOXZkEw27SO92lio_5uGzLn11D5MVyJGP4L0nwQIo1VbpOX7adArbZsZ1FxT374Wz73Vg-fxhW6Q/s400/SMUT-large.jpg" title="SMUT" width="257" /></a></div><br />
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by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11781.Alan_Bennett" target="new">Alan Bennett</a> / <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/smut/AlanBennett" target="new">A Picador Paperback Original</a><br />
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Cover illustration by <a href="http://www.redsilas.com/" target="new">Christopher Silas Neal</a><br />
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<blockquote>One of England’s finest and most loved writers explores the unco</span></span>mfortable and tragicomic gap between people’s public appearance and their private desires in two tender and surprising stories.<br />
In <i>The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson,</i> a recently bereaved widow finds interesting ways to supplement her income by performing as a patient for medical students, and renting out her spare room. Quiet, middle-class, and middle-aged, Mrs. Donaldson will soon discover that she rather enjoys role-play at the hospital, and the irregular and startling entertainment provided by her tenants.<br />
In <i>The Shielding of Mrs. Forbes,</i> a disappointed middle-aged mother dotes on her only son, Graham, who believes he must shield her from the truth. As Graham’s double life becomes increasingly complicated, we realize how little he understands, not only of his own desires but also those of his mother.<br />
A master storyteller dissects a very English form of secrecy with two stories of the unexpected in otherwise apparently ordinary lives.</blockquote><br />
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My idea? SMUT = British Reserve + Sex<br />
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I liked the approach of taking proper teacups to represent British stiff upper lip reserve and arranging them in a sexually suggestive but subtle way. My initial approach was photographic.<br />
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Earlier comps:<br />
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But it was looking too stiff and needed more whimsy. I thought the wonderfully talented illustrator <a href="http://www.redsilas.com/" target="new">Christopher Silas Neal</a> was the perfect person to render this concept without making it look too trashy.<br />
Originally I wanted him to depict just one set of teacups caught in a sexual position rendered with plenty of details, as in the photographic approach. But when I saw all of Christopher's great "cupping" sketch ideas I laughed. I couldn't choose just one. So I decided to include several of them in the design and kept them as simply drawn silhouettes. I'm surprised we didn't try any ideas with a tea bag. Next time.<br />
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Christopher's sketches:<br />
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An alternate comp using a hand-lettered title but decided to keep it austere:<br />
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by NPR Staff / <i>All Things Considered</i>, January 12, 2012H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-88840364756681019892012-04-18T12:30:00.001-04:002012-04-18T12:32:52.053-04:00Words Like Loaded Pistols<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTdCF5E9z5N6y5ozZLq9avJtPGJY7AjcRcwYxbiVA7KAQti2GPkNBoQ61sodZIu23Lz3XZjZXsQUfFODDfPSxBM0wYZuQhsNGUZiC9AOzQLqA07xzsri_PMO6LqBAQgn3koU/s1600/Words-Like-Loaded-Pistols-Cream-Silver.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTdCF5E9z5N6y5ozZLq9avJtPGJY7AjcRcwYxbiVA7KAQti2GPkNBoQ61sodZIu23Lz3XZjZXsQUfFODDfPSxBM0wYZuQhsNGUZiC9AOzQLqA07xzsri_PMO6LqBAQgn3koU/s400/Words-Like-Loaded-Pistols-Cream-Silver.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704259340795192210" /></a><br />by Sam Leith<br /><br />Art Director: <a href="http://designrelated.com/portfolio/NicoleCap" target="new">Nicole Caputo</a> // <a href="http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0465031056" target="new">Basic Books</a><br /><br /><br />A hilariously entertaining exploration of how people have taught, practiced and thought about rhetoric—the art of persuasion—from Aristotle to Obama.<br /><br />Rhetoric is all around us. It’s what inspires armies, convicts criminals, and makes or breaks presidential candidates. And it isn’t just the preserve of politicians. It’s in the presentation to a key client, the half-time talk in the locker room, and the plea to your children to eat their vegetables. Rhetoric gives words power: it persuades and cajoles, inspires and bamboozles, thrills and misdirects. You have been using rhetoric yourself, all your life. After all, you know what a rhetorical question is, don’t you? <br />In <i>Words Like Loaded Pistols,</i> Sam Leith traces the art of persuasion, beginning in ancient Syracuse and taking us on detours as varied and fascinating as Elizabethan England, Milton’s Satanic realm, the Springfield of Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield of Homer Simpson. He explains how language has been used by the great heroes of rhetoric (such as Cicero and Martin Luther King Jr.), as well as some villains (like Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon.)<br />Leith provides a primer to rhetoric’s key techniques. <i>Words Like Loaded Pistols,</i> you’ll find out how to build your own memory-palace; you’ll be introduced to the Three Musketeers: Ethos, Pathos and Logos; and you’ll learn how to use chiasmus with confidence and occultatio without thinking about it. Most importantly of all, you will discover that rhetoric is useful, relevant – and absolutely nothing to be afraid of. <br /><br />Alternate color palette:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdEz7X-PRvlYh0dMRTHaf3krtK8F_cthg2ODQ5TBumAeg9_RE3t5xmoibhf9R1GgfVRGUS-dZacCCXNSoGeVEP6_lzyfAQSYua44XiDpqKnFi-C-D0gpeJyaznAB3_w5C2Fg/s1600/Words-Like-Loaded-Pistols-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdEz7X-PRvlYh0dMRTHaf3krtK8F_cthg2ODQ5TBumAeg9_RE3t5xmoibhf9R1GgfVRGUS-dZacCCXNSoGeVEP6_lzyfAQSYua44XiDpqKnFi-C-D0gpeJyaznAB3_w5C2Fg/s400/Words-Like-Loaded-Pistols-01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704262323682304738" /></a>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-5536572229652250082011-11-09T12:30:00.017-05:002012-04-12T11:26:27.095-04:00The Lolita Cover Project<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvx8vDKgBl2csLJ0xCn1xnEFKmLAxgBUkXGqHaIQfFcJtuIPMLKD-j00feJxfqQ7vQgvQetipE5XzFCBnawt7Huyw7_GkFUkEkC23M1_NIzW0G8D3sXHA7ribA7J3PdLuU4IE/s1600/Lolita+02.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvx8vDKgBl2csLJ0xCn1xnEFKmLAxgBUkXGqHaIQfFcJtuIPMLKD-j00feJxfqQ7vQgvQetipE5XzFCBnawt7Huyw7_GkFUkEkC23M1_NIzW0G8D3sXHA7ribA7J3PdLuU4IE/s400/Lolita+02.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655257772599112690" /></a><br />by Vladimir Nabokov<br /><br />The <a href="http://venusfebriculosa.com/?p=905" target="new">Lolita Cover Project</a>, John Bertram and Marco Sonzogni, editors.<br /><br />John Bertram and Marco Sonzogni are publishing a book on Lolita covers and asked a <i>slew</i> of cover designers to <a href="http://venusfebriculosa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Lolita-Book-Cover-Contest4.pdf" target="new">contribute</a> conceptual covers.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;"><b>slew</b> also <b>slue</b><br /><b>noun</b> <i>Informal</i><br />A large amount or number; a lot: <i>a slew of unpaid bills</i>.<br />Origin: 1830-40, <i>Americanism;</i> [Old Irish Gaelic <i>sluagh</i> or <i>slúag,</i> crowd, throng, multitude, army, host.]</span><br /><br />Here is mine:<br /><blockquote>Henry:<br />I’d like to invite you to participate in a book that I am editing called The Lolita Cover Project which uses images (specifically, ‘conceptual’ book covers) and essays about Vladimir Nabokov’s <i>Lolita</i> to addresses the challenges and limits of representation (and mis-representation), and the relationship of a book to its cover. The Lolita Cover Project will feature 50 new ‘conceptual’ covers by leading graphic designers specifically commissioned for the book; critical essays on design and representation by Nabokov scholars, artists, art theorists, and designers; and the best submissions from Venus febriculosa’s Lolita Book Cover Contest (In 2009, after discovering Covering Lolita, Dieter E. Zimmer’s online collection of <i>Lolita</i> covers, I sponsored, through my website Venus febriculosa, a book cover competition for a new cover for <i>Lolita</i>. Subsequently, my essay on the competition was published in the ‘Nabokov Online Journal.’).<br /><br />Many leading designers are on board to provide new covers including:<br />Mark Abrams, Keira Alexandra, Geetika Alok, <a href="http://www.helenarmstrong.us/design/lolita/" target="new">Helen Armstrong</a>, Andrey Bashkin, Rachel Berger, Kelly Blair, Yeju Choi, <a href="http://daviddrummond.blogspot.com/2011/08/john-bertram-and-marco-sonzogni-are.html#links" target="new">David Drummond</a>, Aliza Dzik, Elaine Fong, John Fulbrook III, <a href="http://www.equisgarcia.com/index.php?/projects/lolita/" target="new">Xavi Garcia</a>, <a href="http://works-on-paper.blogspot.com/2011/08/httpvenusfebriculosa.html" target="new">David Gee</a>, <a href="http://www.elenagiavaldi.com/?work=lolita" target="new">Elena Giavaldi</a>, Kate Gibb, Elena Grossman, Kathryn Hammill, Lauren Harden, Margot Harrington, <a href="http://winterhouse.com/images/updates/lolita_280.jpg" target="new">Jessica Helfand</a>, <a href="http://www.printmag.com/Article/Image-of-the-Day-April-12-2012" target="new">Jennifer Heuer</a>, Karen Hsu, Matthew Jacobson, <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Lolita-book-cover/2055218" target="new">Agata Jakubowska</a>, Jamie Keenan, Philip Kelly, Ely Kim, Gregg Kulick, Chin-Yee Lai, Sueh Li, Ellen Lupton, Mary Voorhees Meehan, Mark Melnick, Peter Mendelsund, <a href="http://danmogford.blogspot.com/2011/08/l-o-l-i-t.html" target="new">Dan Mogford</a>, Catherine Nippe, Linn Olofsdotter, Ingrid Paulson, David Pearson, Caroline Rismont, Diane Shaw, Isaac Tobin, Transfer Studio, Jenny Volvovski, <a href="http://michelvrana.com/2011/08/31/the-lolita-cover-project/" target="new">Michel Vrana</a>, Jennifer Wang, Chip Wass, Adrienne Weiss, Barbara deWilde, Gabriele Wilson, Ben Wiseman, Graham Wood, <a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/2011/11/lolita-cover-project.html" target="new">Henry Sene Yee</a>, and <a href="http://www.studio-april.com/press_blog/lolita-cover-shoot/" target="new">April</a></blockquote><br /><hr /><br /><i>Lolita</i> is one of my favorite all-time books. Many of the existing covers designed from around the world, showcased here at <a href="http://www.dezimmer.net/Covering%20Lolita/LoCov.html" target="_blank"><b>Covering Lolita</b></a>, put the focus on an eroticized image of Lolita. I wanted to avoid that and focus on Nabokov's writing. The opening paragraph is one of the most famous.<br />I went for a light, innocent fragility so I chose <a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/font_features.php?featureID=69&productLineID=100033" target="_blank">Archer Light</a> for the typeface. Although Humbert Humbert, a middle aged man, is seen as the obvious manipulator of young, under aged Lolita, he is also manipulated by Lolita. I filled the type in an innocent baby pink color and towards the end of the paragraph, the tone and color gradient shifts to darker red and finally black to suggest the novel's downward spiral of darkness. I especially like how her name bookends the paragraph. With "Lo. Lee. Ta." taking on a menacing syncopated stabbing rhythm.<br /><br />The <a href="http://americanbookreview.org/100BestLines.asp" target="_blank">100 Best First Lines from Novels</a>.<br /><br />An <a href="http://jacketmechanical.blogspot.com/2011/11/1-fictions.html" target="new">excellent post</a> by Designer Extraordinaire <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/mendelsund" target="new">Peter Mendelsund</a> discussing the process of jacketing works of fiction using <i>Lolita</i> as a case study.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4310/the-art-of-fiction-no-40-vladimir-nabokov" target="_blank"><i>The Paris Review</i> Interviews</a> with Vladimir Nabokov, The Art of Fiction, No. 40. Interviewed by Herbert Gold<br /><br />Nabokov on different Lolita covers:<br /><iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qVtwVcYbz7k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Vladimir Nabokov discusses his brillant novel "Lolita" on "Close Up", a circa 1950's CBC program:<br /><iframe width="400" height="301" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ldpj_5JNFoA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><br />The Police singing "Don't Stand So Close to Me," (1980)<br /><iframe width="400" height="301" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KNIZofPB8ZM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br />The song deals with the mixed feelings of lust, fear and guilt that a female student has for a school teacher and vice versa, and inappropriateness leading to confrontation. The music and lyrics of the song were written by the lead singer of The Police, Sting, who had previously worked as an English teacher that includes the line "Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov."H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-90559933026063863882011-09-12T11:33:00.014-04:002011-09-25T21:38:48.752-04:00The Breaks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-R2ZGkbXH30aG0mlRQAYuPA29IhhetmailXHPitB8TEHBDtkcKwBVkNQnomOlJIQgU2Gc_X0Rt57ZQv8njpAJIq2YqMWZ3EdOMsdhu_VWipu1pi8ufSD5b2C9A6gr1DaFBc/s1600/Breaks-Front.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-R2ZGkbXH30aG0mlRQAYuPA29IhhetmailXHPitB8TEHBDtkcKwBVkNQnomOlJIQgU2Gc_X0Rt57ZQv8njpAJIq2YqMWZ3EdOMsdhu_VWipu1pi8ufSD5b2C9A6gr1DaFBc/s400/Breaks-Front.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628136144110311682" /></a><br />by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Price_%28writer%29" target="new">Richard Price</a> / <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/thebreaks" target="new">Picador</a><br /><br />Cover photograph by Stephen Shames/Polaris<br /><br /><blockquote>From the Bestselling Author of <em>Lush Life</em><br /><br />Peter Keller, first college grad from a working-class Yonkers family, thought he was on the road to success. Until no law school wanted him. As he watches his friends advance into promising careers, he jumps from job to job—mail clerk, phone solicitor, stand-up comic—until he breaks down and starts phoning in bomb threats on his own house. He’s going to have to work hard to change the pattern of self-sabotage that has defined most of his life. And taking that job at his alma mater as a teacher of freshman comp and starting an affair with a violently psychotic ex-wife of a colleague probably won’t help matters. Richard Price’s brilliant comic novel is a classic tale of a young man trying to find his place in the world.</blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1301950501/casualopmuseosans2_reasonably_small.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 128px;" src="https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1301950501/casualopmuseosans2_reasonably_small.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><hr />A very nice behind the scenes interview with me at <a href="http://www.casualoptimist.com/2011/07/18/richard-price-paperbacks/" target="new">The Casual Optimist Blog</a> on my <a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/search?q=richard+price" target="new">Richard Price series</a> designs and <a href="http://henryseneyee-photography.blogspot.com/" target="new">my photography</a>.<br /><hr /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5mi0sTAFkjMX9dcBh00UgcVztJbdnIwN6CFBeg1ua0jIODZyo57zqLehPRnYfmycG2ELjEm5o7LREHYxnSyFXt2SJ8Te9lQHlf24BpYIVZvpa7O47gClmTXUKc_PScuYnMM/s1600/Breaks-Full-01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5mi0sTAFkjMX9dcBh00UgcVztJbdnIwN6CFBeg1ua0jIODZyo57zqLehPRnYfmycG2ELjEm5o7LREHYxnSyFXt2SJ8Te9lQHlf24BpYIVZvpa7O47gClmTXUKc_PScuYnMM/s400/Breaks-Full-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628136151296474098" /></a><br /><br />Alternate comp:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JFGtwRwVdmDi45OMej8mh8Eh-8DU_7hIkNnvml4cUDMb0916K3NEIG3UaZcwUbVuwsbd1k1a-WQh3gFZEQ2XZh1my-JEvKE8kHCwfljM2eLHPBApK8xH0L7_JjnqBxTTT2c/s1600/Breaks-comp-01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JFGtwRwVdmDi45OMej8mh8Eh-8DU_7hIkNnvml4cUDMb0916K3NEIG3UaZcwUbVuwsbd1k1a-WQh3gFZEQ2XZh1my-JEvKE8kHCwfljM2eLHPBApK8xH0L7_JjnqBxTTT2c/s400/Breaks-comp-01.jpg" border="0" alt="alternate comp" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628137751198410866" /></a>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-1103769447485844872011-09-12T11:33:00.006-04:002011-09-21T23:05:48.916-04:00Ladies' Man<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8m90qrsMwvgpvXIDrVh5ajObZNTk75cGaJ9TVOX6HId-GrvxfHDCQRcLRtXZL33IX2J_qaF-XX3-btjSGJpQgUBmP0h5_2_BSixeW_BuRYW-NsfQYZCA7ijcnnnh70_BXbM/s1600/Ladies%2527-Man-Front-01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8m90qrsMwvgpvXIDrVh5ajObZNTk75cGaJ9TVOX6HId-GrvxfHDCQRcLRtXZL33IX2J_qaF-XX3-btjSGJpQgUBmP0h5_2_BSixeW_BuRYW-NsfQYZCA7ijcnnnh70_BXbM/s400/Ladies%2527-Man-Front-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628135990730627586" /></a><br />by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Price_%28writer%29" target="new">Richard Price</a> / <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/ladiesman" target="new">Picador</a><br /><br /><blockquote>From the Bestselling Author of <i>Lush Life</i><br /><br />Kenny Becker just dumped his girlfriend—the reasons are a little complex. Young and newly unemployed, his main assets at the moment are six-pack abs and a healthy libido—he’s ready to get out, find a little action, and maybe find himself too. But New York is no place for the lonely, and with one meaningless sexual encounter after another, Kenny begins to wonder if the singles scene is not itself a complete con job, with his heart and his future at stake. Raunchy, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt, this 1978 clubland slice-of-life displays Richard Price in gritty good form.</blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1301950501/casualopmuseosans2_reasonably_small.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 128px;" src="https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1301950501/casualopmuseosans2_reasonably_small.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><hr />A very nice behind the scenes interview with me at <a href="http://www.casualoptimist.com/2011/07/18/richard-price-paperbacks/" target="new">The Casual Optimist Blog</a> on my <a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/search?q=richard+price" target="new">Richard Price series</a> designs and <a href="http://henryseneyee-photography.blogspot.com/" target="new">my photography</a>.<br /><hr /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzSlRfNtSzhr0v6gTJEPEBcpOMAKPuLNYCS9CxDQQKPO2HZgBrBz4pRCoiSFssxq_HMHUGqYoZV-vJwif778Af5OfBuecPqKFlTv7l-y4op4P2QTwhv5YFt34hH0520TY9JQ/s1600/Ladies%2527-Man-Full-01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzSlRfNtSzhr0v6gTJEPEBcpOMAKPuLNYCS9CxDQQKPO2HZgBrBz4pRCoiSFssxq_HMHUGqYoZV-vJwif778Af5OfBuecPqKFlTv7l-y4op4P2QTwhv5YFt34hH0520TY9JQ/s400/Ladies%2527-Man-Full-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628135727877558674" /></a><br /><br />Alternate comp:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aweWGTT0Rav-7hjrmQ2-q7z3u-Up6NuUONi6u08dahfM3n7fRPb0o8ttHO6074l4NWHh2ABmG7BA8oPo6_2phHdkH_fFyrQMaYU3-VMPGGA5fa8zCOhRRtWQuAbFmsXXM_0/s1600/Ladies%2527-Man-02.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aweWGTT0Rav-7hjrmQ2-q7z3u-Up6NuUONi6u08dahfM3n7fRPb0o8ttHO6074l4NWHh2ABmG7BA8oPo6_2phHdkH_fFyrQMaYU3-VMPGGA5fa8zCOhRRtWQuAbFmsXXM_0/s400/Ladies%2527-Man-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628576128360048274" /></a>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-45753222962432974532011-09-08T11:11:00.016-04:002011-09-25T17:29:42.423-04:00HEART of the CITY: Nine Stories of Love and Serendipity on the Streets of New York<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV63EU1J8GJerarxALTh_BW0O6YVFKVbRNtvepuNXFxA8tLo1ZPw4bQLaJTQSmmo4O38hC203Bw8pNgQX4Uv7B_-MJmOyji0RNg8qfFtT3qfiYfbFpPkoR8gR2OW6YXYhjDls/s1600/Heart-of-the-City.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560969722583020082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV63EU1J8GJerarxALTh_BW0O6YVFKVbRNtvepuNXFxA8tLo1ZPw4bQLaJTQSmmo4O38hC203Bw8pNgQX4Uv7B_-MJmOyji0RNg8qfFtT3qfiYfbFpPkoR8gR2OW6YXYhjDls/s400/Heart-of-the-City.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 271px;" /></a><br />by <a href="http://www.arielsabar.com/" target="new">Ariel Sabar</a><br /><br />Creative Director: <a href="http://www.designrelated.com/zander" target="new">Alex Camlin</a> // <a href="http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/dacapo/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0738213799" target="new">Da Capo Press</a>/Perseus Books Group<br />Photographs by <a href="http://henryseneyee-photography.blogspot.com/" target="new">Henry Sene Yee</a><br /><br /><blockquote><div align="center">“The couples in this book hail from across America and the world. Most don’t live in New York City. Some never did. What mattered to me was that they met there, in one of its iconic public places. Each of the nine stories begins just before that chance meeting—when they are strangers, oblivious to how, in moments, their lives will irrevocably change.”<br />—from the Introduction</div><br /><br />The handsome Texas sailor who offers dinner to a runaway in Central Park. The Midwestern college girl who stops a cop in Times Square for restaurant advice. The Brooklyn man on a midnight subway who helps a weary tourist find her way to Chinatown. The Columbia University graduate student who encounters an unexpected object of beauty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br />A public place in the world’s greatest city. A chance meeting of strangers. A marriage. <em>Heart of the City</em> tells the remarkable true stories of nine ordinary couples—from the 1940s to the present—whose matchmaker was the City of New York.<br />Intrigued by the romance of his own parents, who met in Washington Square Park, award-winning author Ariel Sabar set off on a far-ranging search for other couples who married after first meeting in one of New York City’s iconic public spaces. Sabar conjures their big-city love stories in novel-like detail, drawing us into the hearts of strangers just as their lives are about to change forever.<br />In setting the stage for these surprising, funny, and moving tales, Sabar, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, takes us on a fascinating tour of the psychological research into the importance of place in how—and whether—people meet and fall in love.<br /><em> Heart of the City</em> is a paean to the physical city as matchmaker, a tribute to the power of chance, and an eloquent reminder of why we must care about the design of urban spaces.</blockquote><br /><hr /><br />Art director Alex Camlin, (check out this Q+A he did at <a href="http://www.casualoptimist.com/2009/09/07/q-a-with-alex-camlin-da-capo-press/" target="new">The Casual Optimist</a>), assigned me this fun project that combined two things that I love and explore in <a href="http://henryseneyee-photography.blogspot.com/" target="new">my personal photography</a>:<br />Serendipitous juxtapositions of people and/or things in the most unexpected places <i>and</i> my favorite place in the world, New York City.<br /><br />I presented several concept sketches of different approaches but they had a tough time pinpointing a direction for the book. This usually happens when you want the cover to say everything and explain the book. Once you start putting very specific plot elements on the cover, and they're visualized in a literal way, then you are forced to make every detail of each cover element correct. Is this the right time of day in the book? Is that her hair color? Would he write with that pen? I try to avoid that by working with images that are more open to interpretation and hopefully focus more on the emotional aspects of the book. Alex worked with his editors to focus on what was essential. We tried a few more rounds but I was feeling that I wasn't getting want they needed.<br /><br />Concept sketches:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclI0XH0AtnCzDPug_nT0G8qB11L1VeiudnX8eu1NHrSqNcVEITrKl0OkUpAV6zRW7hyDkKY0fI5RrIoByvLNeSFvYrkYYrFBUID5WxWcuAhVhU39PSSHxOTO4-EavC9a5bMs/s1600/Heart-of-the-City-09.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535156708528052770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclI0XH0AtnCzDPug_nT0G8qB11L1VeiudnX8eu1NHrSqNcVEITrKl0OkUpAV6zRW7hyDkKY0fI5RrIoByvLNeSFvYrkYYrFBUID5WxWcuAhVhU39PSSHxOTO4-EavC9a5bMs/s200/Heart-of-the-City-09.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 200px; width: 125px;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SCtm71TSxEcc-8gfNAeNb2l7hPPEHS4Pt5ON81OiGH79DwiJQK5lIkCkWi2UneUNEtxAPn2MY7o141KJ-TKwRRDuce-_8czLQ3ZvNVK2QhI032rTU6C41jozO68zsoFQzmA/s1600/Heart-of-the-City-07.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535156702093093170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SCtm71TSxEcc-8gfNAeNb2l7hPPEHS4Pt5ON81OiGH79DwiJQK5lIkCkWi2UneUNEtxAPn2MY7o141KJ-TKwRRDuce-_8czLQ3ZvNVK2QhI032rTU6C41jozO68zsoFQzmA/s200/Heart-of-the-City-07.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 200px; width: 125px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjNsf-uJknQMb_ZafRJQBJqTcZFAExm7IQNE2blxuZhNdWoJ5_7HQLhh5EBLE7F6Pokjz8Uq4W6Pysu0uMYdHOshtT5M-2ViDMvjBTuGCCXVhaJUCVmGKmDOXPuLUzlk133A/s1600/Heart-of-the-City-15.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535156979985471986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjNsf-uJknQMb_ZafRJQBJqTcZFAExm7IQNE2blxuZhNdWoJ5_7HQLhh5EBLE7F6Pokjz8Uq4W6Pysu0uMYdHOshtT5M-2ViDMvjBTuGCCXVhaJUCVmGKmDOXPuLUzlk133A/s200/Heart-of-the-City-15.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 200px; width: 125px;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVpp0Ljo6etnGamUJfyrleyR2U3jHVLRgmKVl18vvsTZ_uCM4YdMqy0neR1BvQfxpfAz5jBj8pTJkExinb37L95a-uzxXU9Fr1aZTtwVtyOZ8XPsvALg65G8Pzy5b6KOBUfQ/s1600/Heart-of-the-City-14.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535156977556378770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVpp0Ljo6etnGamUJfyrleyR2U3jHVLRgmKVl18vvsTZ_uCM4YdMqy0neR1BvQfxpfAz5jBj8pTJkExinb37L95a-uzxXU9Fr1aZTtwVtyOZ8XPsvALg65G8Pzy5b6KOBUfQ/s200/Heart-of-the-City-14.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 200px; width: 125px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIj6C0qd4EPq7GguINHqj1DnjT3EwVH43paDN0ovPT9O2Y0YlnylmFdqkIY3smLtJyOLPXXGYnNuCIv0qKPL5FkmQr4alIUgwE_SWOPWDmKvakcDNcsRTtuge0aYHQhLtNow/s1600/Heart-of-the-City-13.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535156715242637474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIj6C0qd4EPq7GguINHqj1DnjT3EwVH43paDN0ovPT9O2Y0YlnylmFdqkIY3smLtJyOLPXXGYnNuCIv0qKPL5FkmQr4alIUgwE_SWOPWDmKvakcDNcsRTtuge0aYHQhLtNow/s200/Heart-of-the-City-13.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 200px; width: 125px;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5X_cMQy3dge-e_0fXLczdR9YyMZChV2nRo6Ksh7laAOqWpnpf2EPkZGFERVgw1zWcPTZNTua6ugmZ9Pqv1T6vEYI4s-80HLcdBDIcoFCaDrD50ekq5E7X4DP4SOdBCQKzxsg/s1600/Heart-of-the-City-04.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535156689902149682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5X_cMQy3dge-e_0fXLczdR9YyMZChV2nRo6Ksh7laAOqWpnpf2EPkZGFERVgw1zWcPTZNTua6ugmZ9Pqv1T6vEYI4s-80HLcdBDIcoFCaDrD50ekq5E7X4DP4SOdBCQKzxsg/s200/Heart-of-the-City-04.jpg" style="cursor: hand; 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cursor: pointer; height: 200px; width: 125px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpa_LtFJKz6dNEBGuju84ixvuZV3TY3HSH7K94pJlv2n8k5vi1U0ZXdtA0yPFpd9YKmjAtsYN1kV4IP2Hw2XU3pwQbcZkb4gc7zvs50w8ZbADp4Ja-Cvw5Q-Amq9L_p3H2qvw/s1600/Heart-of-the-City-37.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650023467471689906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpa_LtFJKz6dNEBGuju84ixvuZV3TY3HSH7K94pJlv2n8k5vi1U0ZXdtA0yPFpd9YKmjAtsYN1kV4IP2Hw2XU3pwQbcZkb4gc7zvs50w8ZbADp4Ja-Cvw5Q-Amq9L_p3H2qvw/s200/Heart-of-the-City-37.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 200px; width: 125px;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKnmiJjHKAmCPrDooPBiEGUklw46bZCAbxvRYlwabYJaoYDz65JzXkRQSsoeNGbXzAdTGJ8SWv-ax3GMaT0h-ZVjf2992LijvDz8z5NqMsr8fx19Cf86q4JSwedGS2ds-q_Y/s1600/Heart-of-the-City-06.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650023967391272530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKnmiJjHKAmCPrDooPBiEGUklw46bZCAbxvRYlwabYJaoYDz65JzXkRQSsoeNGbXzAdTGJ8SWv-ax3GMaT0h-ZVjf2992LijvDz8z5NqMsr8fx19Cf86q4JSwedGS2ds-q_Y/s200/Heart-of-the-City-06.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 200px; width: 125px;" /></a><br /><br />This comp was inspired by the beautiful opening scene to Woody Allen's film "Manhattan" (1979) underscored with George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue":<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwuRPEaEKe6IhlaUEwd85pri1bH_Q8_4kjfVyh2pvmfpYrslzOj6HfZm-yC9IqpbJ_H3m9J9G6eMBIoH3igzVNS12GTu97zspWXkIcNcSLlK0GxqNhC_E4nkzBfyo0WbUs1kI/s1600/Heart-of-the-City-20.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626722918823838098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwuRPEaEKe6IhlaUEwd85pri1bH_Q8_4kjfVyh2pvmfpYrslzOj6HfZm-yC9IqpbJ_H3m9J9G6eMBIoH3igzVNS12GTu97zspWXkIcNcSLlK0GxqNhC_E4nkzBfyo0WbUs1kI/s400/Heart-of-the-City-20.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 250px;" /></a><br /><br />Inspired specifically to this scene at the 2:14 mark. Hmmm, 2:14...2/14...February 14...AKA <span style="color:red;">Valentine's Day!</span> Coincidence? I think not. But certainly serendipity.<br /><object height="325" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uyaj2P-dSi8?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uyaj2P-dSi8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="325"></embed></object><br /><br />But in the end, they went back to my very first idea:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLk2ULBvzx5MBF8cT5Yp2kzPmLVoXg7X_JNZdDbDjmrJELPX7NdikOzgfio2CNDOifwey3ZQbCSv41kj64oCQSYVRpGCT-9NOQMDJTFNYKN4d-WzlQCLzWfMM10LpkUTanyEE/s1600/Heart-of-the-City-02.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650024356931738322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLk2ULBvzx5MBF8cT5Yp2kzPmLVoXg7X_JNZdDbDjmrJELPX7NdikOzgfio2CNDOifwey3ZQbCSv41kj64oCQSYVRpGCT-9NOQMDJTFNYKN4d-WzlQCLzWfMM10LpkUTanyEE/s400/Heart-of-the-City-02.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 250px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDg59DsKgwPi_a5UemqKjLULUQFditgY_bIRuE7uksVe5xt3SKNfaf2fcLSrTtnYBdcwxwoiA88dPti-f7iwSX4eEYVFVX0c1TexvWH19_1zWsB4IfEBVNgieD3_fRt4nDYs/s1600/Heart-of-the-City-01.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650024352239021970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDg59DsKgwPi_a5UemqKjLULUQFditgY_bIRuE7uksVe5xt3SKNfaf2fcLSrTtnYBdcwxwoiA88dPti-f7iwSX4eEYVFVX0c1TexvWH19_1zWsB4IfEBVNgieD3_fRt4nDYs/s400/Heart-of-the-City-01.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 250px;" /></a><br /><br />I played off of <a href="http://miltonglaser.com/" target="new">Milton Glaser</a>'s iconic I <span style="color:red;">♥</span> NY logo. Obvious yes, but with HEART in the title, what else could it be? I shot the cover over some peeling paint found on a subway station column. As a bonus, I was happy I was able to use some of my personal photos throughout the jacket:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwf_tT1bw8htATMJOUndqrwkXkYaZkjvmypmngDEAP6kHlniyUjjVcgJuz9nhvlB2DfkWuGg-9NItFUdONKXP8F5XfUeMr5wA5qCeFK2S3J1up8xyJUdUYfRg0OhpCxS_FlA/s1600/Heart-of-the-City-Full.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560969726581250946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwf_tT1bw8htATMJOUndqrwkXkYaZkjvmypmngDEAP6kHlniyUjjVcgJuz9nhvlB2DfkWuGg-9NItFUdONKXP8F5XfUeMr5wA5qCeFK2S3J1up8xyJUdUYfRg0OhpCxS_FlA/s400/Heart-of-the-City-Full.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 173px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br />A brief video interview with Milton Glaser, designer of the the iconic "I Love New York" (logo design c. 1975):<br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="270" id="flashObj" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=717505655001&playerID=651017566001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAGuNzXFE~,qu1BWJRU7c26MMkbB19ukwmFB5ysvYz5&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true"><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com"><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=717505655001&playerID=651017566001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAGuNzXFE~,qu1BWJRU7c26MMkbB19ukwmFB5ysvYz5&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="270" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br /><br />Glaser's 1976 <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/05/26/original_sketch_for_i_3_ny.php" target="new">sketch</a> of the logo sketched quickly on a piece of envelope in the back of a cab:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqF_DUJinjKvc21uLd1sLoTnBNXT5KA5OMD7X2u3RlRZKXdTaAY2VtCURcLXhvi5oTx2zC9DaJEv4DTpCZ9skksfs6oyJCnsjFENShkqec6YClU7aP7KRX100lfNgnfrCBKQ/s1600/inyglaser0511.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqF_DUJinjKvc21uLd1sLoTnBNXT5KA5OMD7X2u3RlRZKXdTaAY2VtCURcLXhvi5oTx2zC9DaJEv4DTpCZ9skksfs6oyJCnsjFENShkqec6YClU7aP7KRX100lfNgnfrCBKQ/s400/inyglaser0511.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651138996787859442" /></a><br /><br />Part of the "I Love New York" tourism campaign of the 1980s, this commercial features celebrities proclaiming why they "love New York.":<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3qG72jPE9qw" width="400"></iframe><br /><br />A look at the origin of the "I (Heart) New York" ad campaign from a New York state high school student:<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IQ3cGfCSJ_4" width="400"></iframe>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-82087127356083279632011-08-16T00:01:00.008-04:002011-09-21T23:08:56.584-04:00Full Black: A Thriller<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3qFgeGPL1F5F5Uv4v754fw1fdjDGwUYP2GJiqD2bZ5ZAKr-3Zqg89fjz_puNJUqOcv9RDpYGLHyvMsfFg2vmBUeZcEYnzxpP-WGQHapSAyF7LmZ4TJKPDeFWSjDY7dWpG7o/s1600/Full-Black-Chisel-Emboss.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3qFgeGPL1F5F5Uv4v754fw1fdjDGwUYP2GJiqD2bZ5ZAKr-3Zqg89fjz_puNJUqOcv9RDpYGLHyvMsfFg2vmBUeZcEYnzxpP-WGQHapSAyF7LmZ4TJKPDeFWSjDY7dWpG7o/s400/Full-Black-Chisel-Emboss.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637418189280723730" /></a><br />By <a href="http://www.bradthor.com/novels/full-black-story" target="new">Brad Thor</a><br /><br />Art Director: <a href="http://www.alandingman.com/" target="new">Alan Dingman</a> // Atria Books / <a href="http://books.simonandschuster.com/Full-Black/Brad-Thor/9781416586616"target="new">Simon & Schuster</a><br /><br /><blockquote>#1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/BradThor" target="new">Brad Thor</a> brings readers his darkest and most intriguing thriller yet — a terrifying story of espionage and betrayal — brilliantly paced with superb nonstop action.<br /><br />Born in the shadows and kept from heads of state, there are some missions so deadly, so sensitive, that they simply don’t exist. When one such mission goes horribly wrong, a wave of dramatic terrorist attacks is set in motion. Their goal: the complete and total collapse of the United States.<br /><br />With the CIA’s intelligence abilities hobbled, former Navy SEAL Team 6 member turned covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath launches an audacious plan to infiltrate the terrorists’ network and prevent one of the biggest threats the United States has ever faced.<br /><br />Simultaneously, a foreign wet work team has been sent to California. Their target: one of Hollywood’s most famous filmmakers. While working on a secret documentary project, movie producer Larry Salomon has unknowingly exposed one of the world’s wealthiest and most politically connected powerbrokers — a man with a radical anti-American agenda poised to plunge the nation into deadly, irreversible chaos.<br /><br />As the plots rocket to their pulse-pounding conclusion and the identities of the perpetrators are laid stunningly bare, Harvath will be left with only one means to save America. Unable to trust anyone, he will be forced to go Full Black.<br />Intense and frighteningly realistic, <i>FULL BLACK</i> is, hands down, Brad Thor’s most riveting thriller to date.</blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASd-uIflhbBXncQU4Q0MxmWcaIANrBNRH850Mk1-PvO5XIJ7Vo17SlIu2FkKr8ZkFmskeiYMFjyQFiBX9GxSlgDnu-gyaTVIkMPMHeEg5mRlIwfF11ZW1Mb_-wEt0XNKSa1I/s1600/Full-Black-Wrap.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASd-uIflhbBXncQU4Q0MxmWcaIANrBNRH850Mk1-PvO5XIJ7Vo17SlIu2FkKr8ZkFmskeiYMFjyQFiBX9GxSlgDnu-gyaTVIkMPMHeEg5mRlIwfF11ZW1Mb_-wEt0XNKSa1I/s400/Full-Black-Wrap.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637418193825812546" /></a><br /><hr /><br />Alan Dingman is a fantastic <a href="http://www.wix.com/alandingman/portraits" target="new">portrait painter</a> / <a href="http://www.alandingman.com/" target="new">illustrator</a> and an <a href="http://www.wix.com/alandingman/addesign" target="new">Art Director/Designer</a> at Simon & Schuster Pocket Books. We both worked together at <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/SMP.aspx" target="new">St. Martin’s Press</a> oh so many years ago and I recently hired him to illustrate <a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/2010/10/fame-what-classics-tell-us-about-our.html" target="new"><i>FAME: What the Classics Tell Us About Our Cult of Celebrity</i></a> for me. He called me asking if I could recommend anyone new who could design BIG BOOK COMMERCIAL THRILLERS. I immediately recommended my super talented colleague <a href="http://www.designrelated.com/ervinserrano" target="new">Ervin Serrano</a>, who is the Associate Art Director at St. Martin's Press. But for some reason, probably my competitive nature, I asked if I could take a stab at it. Now I don’t do many BIG COMMERCIAL BOOK packaging but I told him that I wanted to do more and to give me a chance. I would try one quick go and if he didn’t like it, he could immediately hire someone else. Turns out that they were looking for a new approach to packaging their bestselling author Brad Thor so they were open to something different. What I thought I could offer this genre was a clean, and simple approach. I saw that the author and title were mostly short four letter words that would stack nicely. I had only one idea that I wanted to pursue, a dynamically angled typographic dominant approach. <br /><br />My first round I tried the angled type set in <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/trade-gothic/" target="new">Trade Gothic Bold Condensed</a> and placed that over a foreboding Washington DC landscape with an ominous glow coming over the horizon. Hmm, that's not going to work. The type forms looked bad and the image was a bland cliché.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcGu5Ay6MCRlx-5mENb7BDH197lgPA5qxgAgugDqrjl512JDjJykTfX4R-MIf1QroYqi7KbFx814gmGooMGLlPJ4qIXmwqQRWVJ7jHh8renUUaqAmj1MbV_QPksd96UK3Lk8/s1600/Full-Black-16.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcGu5Ay6MCRlx-5mENb7BDH197lgPA5qxgAgugDqrjl512JDjJykTfX4R-MIf1QroYqi7KbFx814gmGooMGLlPJ4qIXmwqQRWVJ7jHh8renUUaqAmj1MbV_QPksd96UK3Lk8/s400/Full-Black-16.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641196934807588914" /></a><br /><br />Alan sent me a link to a stock photo house that specialized in military type images and I changed the typeface to <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/univers/" target="new">UNIVERS</a>. Feedback: they thought the type was too playful but they liked the positive/negative interaction with type within the image:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholRRp9rBTxqVIOnm0UpK9VSlMHmQfUq9dHd3B98DMcYDyQFNE9ffSWTJa_VSF2z72UKYmRj6DwMGxSXBlkW9H4hE8ak2NuW_hAxJtE8NLx4vIc8H2VRnFXk55J1yb934LFPE/s1600/Full-Black-03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholRRp9rBTxqVIOnm0UpK9VSlMHmQfUq9dHd3B98DMcYDyQFNE9ffSWTJa_VSF2z72UKYmRj6DwMGxSXBlkW9H4hE8ak2NuW_hAxJtE8NLx4vIc8H2VRnFXk55J1yb934LFPE/s400/Full-Black-03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641195688581308226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAxzzXOcC_W8GDVHW_SW9PteZF-gUsCO6MZdsT4j5DndQoxmm5LmwjyKq2pKchcFYFTEJidQG6HkgvBoXGuesm6VcbL7QVnQX3YFLtRJGd1Q-GXD6ix9-ybNJD2XOpF6QFEY/s1600/Full-Black-13.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAxzzXOcC_W8GDVHW_SW9PteZF-gUsCO6MZdsT4j5DndQoxmm5LmwjyKq2pKchcFYFTEJidQG6HkgvBoXGuesm6VcbL7QVnQX3YFLtRJGd1Q-GXD6ix9-ybNJD2XOpF6QFEY/s400/Full-Black-13.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641195688394041970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzz-R5PHF2XGOaZztNqwypLS7UuUuZAdj8E7Al-jAymafYfne7naMSLzX3v_B0yfOhaYDKJ5fZx9o2JEI_51uA1JIFVEYrLu5izHWbNXVG3EVFqdXKEsizWFbdKM2Rob_GN4/s1600/Full-Black-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzz-R5PHF2XGOaZztNqwypLS7UuUuZAdj8E7Al-jAymafYfne7naMSLzX3v_B0yfOhaYDKJ5fZx9o2JEI_51uA1JIFVEYrLu5izHWbNXVG3EVFqdXKEsizWFbdKM2Rob_GN4/s400/Full-Black-01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641195686105093602" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJSFww9yMV71PYY4OuuL8tcTTIjsXXpabStTph9Fa2-dnvYF45PBycKzhaibwk4Wk9Krc4XIzoSF6HBBpq17ChD83BFSJxxKLCaBYQVBl3YZdlZ6A4sVUK_wcXg9qDqUsuJU/s1600/Full-Black-05.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJSFww9yMV71PYY4OuuL8tcTTIjsXXpabStTph9Fa2-dnvYF45PBycKzhaibwk4Wk9Krc4XIzoSF6HBBpq17ChD83BFSJxxKLCaBYQVBl3YZdlZ6A4sVUK_wcXg9qDqUsuJU/s400/Full-Black-05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641196937341589122" /></a><br /><br /><br />I didn’t want to give up on the angled type. Maybe it was the typeface and not the angle treatment that they had problems with. Maybe the rounded curves of the UNIVERS “R” looked too friendly and the negative spaces were too open and generous and the widths uneven. I like that the “F” filled out the negative space better and the forms were more even. But it felt kinda bland.<br /><br />Trade Gothic Condensed:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCD_e0Fx4gjAz9EemddQqUpQIHB3gbd8WJR7-BXzfoNommHv_sHseYLbXRwwHsRV7fSnDOwIdk33N9DjR3Q9sqBbSmOOfCGA1mIVa-UAUJbsGHnw12hhf3f6treRhQtYb0ws/s1600/Brad-Thor-Trade-Gothic-Bold-Condensed.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCD_e0Fx4gjAz9EemddQqUpQIHB3gbd8WJR7-BXzfoNommHv_sHseYLbXRwwHsRV7fSnDOwIdk33N9DjR3Q9sqBbSmOOfCGA1mIVa-UAUJbsGHnw12hhf3f6treRhQtYb0ws/s400/Brad-Thor-Trade-Gothic-Bold-Condensed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641192633665018034" /></a><br /><br />Univers Condensed:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRA82uRZHKxN-Xqh75YZfYARI4XtD1jWyMcCoNWMP-tIMT8uOXBuUuBqRZLKE3Ro8xbDvzlo-W2xeIdQrGdatY_NOQr4W6IC6PrBhL6Q07vu7hhpSv-Sfji4jMcsvNkuJZA0/s1600/Brad-Thor-Univers-Condensed-Bold.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRA82uRZHKxN-Xqh75YZfYARI4XtD1jWyMcCoNWMP-tIMT8uOXBuUuBqRZLKE3Ro8xbDvzlo-W2xeIdQrGdatY_NOQr4W6IC6PrBhL6Q07vu7hhpSv-Sfji4jMcsvNkuJZA0/s400/Brad-Thor-Univers-Condensed-Bold.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641192626386848850" /></a><br /><br />Akzidenzs Grotesk:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1i6GEqSd9pN4DnNHlcCanqc_ORJl3n05d9_1JiNjzByb6lSASd2SjdCidWeFExXcorc7epQv24bg2ERR8qOmhI4RIv-7OaEe7iP6JwQi2DLZzDMfmvIdT-mc2oxqFF6NOKXE/s1600/Akzidenz-06.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1i6GEqSd9pN4DnNHlcCanqc_ORJl3n05d9_1JiNjzByb6lSASd2SjdCidWeFExXcorc7epQv24bg2ERR8qOmhI4RIv-7OaEe7iP6JwQi2DLZzDMfmvIdT-mc2oxqFF6NOKXE/s400/Akzidenz-06.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641194046218450418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWkWLyMRM1I1ImpMg7Gr9ii8voB0GCLCCIXVgqcocL4a0fB_tAN4l0NG7M8TmKGMgaN73OLgOGk9bV8w5UhWLi7qURYw23_v9SgarrjWkTMzUYRgEph6dPBd4Lr1yia4mxQw/s1600/Akzidenz-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWkWLyMRM1I1ImpMg7Gr9ii8voB0GCLCCIXVgqcocL4a0fB_tAN4l0NG7M8TmKGMgaN73OLgOGk9bV8w5UhWLi7qURYw23_v9SgarrjWkTMzUYRgEph6dPBd4Lr1yia4mxQw/s400/Akzidenz-01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641192675722580642" /></a><br /><br />Various Akzidenzs Grotesk Angled type configurations:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUGeEgaHP6kh8zspVfrBv_LXZP1iQQ5t0hAbUbQPuUv3g6c1SWdC0hiDVS4GNNsDWxTf1jSO8JunMComoeVe92iIaZKH8PkS2Su6Zm-qP3p6hCq5y13Gd03456OWiaBKJra4/s1600/Akzidenz-03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUGeEgaHP6kh8zspVfrBv_LXZP1iQQ5t0hAbUbQPuUv3g6c1SWdC0hiDVS4GNNsDWxTf1jSO8JunMComoeVe92iIaZKH8PkS2Su6Zm-qP3p6hCq5y13Gd03456OWiaBKJra4/s200/Akzidenz-03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641191793747582258" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYynPa3u9akcLTPRALSN0qGB02h-K5PtXwYDz6ftsPNo7jtDva4kBZkG6NQ4hdRqjAXgwxnsoP3veY48CPNGC_bTj7ZH3HzFGg83ASlrCr1EEDKFKvc28XV45IVFT7OTx1Qc/s1600/Akzidenz-04.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYynPa3u9akcLTPRALSN0qGB02h-K5PtXwYDz6ftsPNo7jtDva4kBZkG6NQ4hdRqjAXgwxnsoP3veY48CPNGC_bTj7ZH3HzFGg83ASlrCr1EEDKFKvc28XV45IVFT7OTx1Qc/s200/Akzidenz-04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641191797726672258" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpiNKfayYXfxl1Fyybmtsk8oz4D66MKiqdI-MxDXB95WTtiR5FaoEIBnhQzyv_SF26L9n9AAuSKbm4QfQlgzZw6BGKGL59lvte_x5g3PEF8KNaWpP36LmzhpMc20QuA4fQBE/s1600/Akzidenz-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpiNKfayYXfxl1Fyybmtsk8oz4D66MKiqdI-MxDXB95WTtiR5FaoEIBnhQzyv_SF26L9n9AAuSKbm4QfQlgzZw6BGKGL59lvte_x5g3PEF8KNaWpP36LmzhpMc20QuA4fQBE/s200/Akzidenz-02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641191794381814930" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ntSEsSBcXtU1-hUnw4k-k4_jr7TeXpcecpQzsseBMs3kgT_KI9e_ieEOMQHZLLOuLqVwTeMqODEeUuiO5jNxxduzXWuyhysRUWPozGp5YREm6jIttIwCQLPy6ZFgxl9ILhk/s1600/Akzidenz-05.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ntSEsSBcXtU1-hUnw4k-k4_jr7TeXpcecpQzsseBMs3kgT_KI9e_ieEOMQHZLLOuLqVwTeMqODEeUuiO5jNxxduzXWuyhysRUWPozGp5YREm6jIttIwCQLPy6ZFgxl9ILhk/s200/Akzidenz-05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641191788989669458" /></a><br /><br />When I switched to <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/berthold/akzidenz-grotesk-bq/" target="new">AKZIDENZ GROTESK</a>, I saw that this was more of what I was going for. Even sides, sharper corners and even type color overall. I tried comps using different angle configurations but they went with the type set straight forward, which in the end, I did have to agree with. Hey, I had to try the angle.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIewpEUaOb1teYp-aKX90FlvtrA92Wv6mcRAECKzQiKggr9u_U7wl9sTBa8LpqXaaebKo_knDALubk002V-d8UWtCXivbpDBku7NDxCXswkK_Tse43xQLEQTqrL-HXdNoEws/s1600/Full-Black-19b.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIewpEUaOb1teYp-aKX90FlvtrA92Wv6mcRAECKzQiKggr9u_U7wl9sTBa8LpqXaaebKo_knDALubk002V-d8UWtCXivbpDBku7NDxCXswkK_Tse43xQLEQTqrL-HXdNoEws/s400/Full-Black-19b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641195777574995058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9o6lWQuqvX-uDQgpwGRARUS6_H_suQv9WmnSj9DoU_pv0lLDkfAwpVnfu6LNFFGR7lz3IYO9S4UI7CeJJrAt_kks2P-puM68x5lGwmWm0zqHbdavcubnel3wJSWitDG6uC3Y/s1600/Full-Black-28b.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9o6lWQuqvX-uDQgpwGRARUS6_H_suQv9WmnSj9DoU_pv0lLDkfAwpVnfu6LNFFGR7lz3IYO9S4UI7CeJJrAt_kks2P-puM68x5lGwmWm0zqHbdavcubnel3wJSWitDG6uC3Y/s400/Full-Black-28b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641196833042541698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUV3QdtwWAJt9X2547W8zbpOnOEuaQZOCLqvDQOs-7dk9NoflzGbhv93D_-hABU60X7mlY9l1v5VLecRHW210Rg4-yoLW4QCscboGqGYNMDVzse9tbkdF9Be5DxFDYksr1Nb8/s1600/Full-Black-26b.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUV3QdtwWAJt9X2547W8zbpOnOEuaQZOCLqvDQOs-7dk9NoflzGbhv93D_-hABU60X7mlY9l1v5VLecRHW210Rg4-yoLW4QCscboGqGYNMDVzse9tbkdF9Be5DxFDYksr1Nb8/s400/Full-Black-26b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641195688778043362" /></a><br />It was a challenge positioning the image and type to interact so that the figure's action made sense through the type and still have the type be legible. With each version I tried, I wanted to make sure that the word BLACK stayed mainly all black and create some calm space on the cover that wasn't so active. For something so simple, I presented over 60+ image & color combos, which isn't much considering that BIG BOOK projects can generate 100s and 100s of comps and the hiring of several designers. Big Books = Big Expectations.<br /><br />The final silhouette had to be adjusted slightly to make it less militaristic and more Black Ops. Here's the final approved design before we Chisel Embossed it up:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorcmJkVNHjDY46uDZeZFv9joYgVhlsf1rI4zGlyMDQDRtcfuo2XMKwmWjZL8tVsYd5EKdHfM1z7UQx1mjvT5mysNnRjl-eM8028lYueE8TXJUn_AVYNAJFboj9PGpIkaDJDw/s1600/Full-Black-Final.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorcmJkVNHjDY46uDZeZFv9joYgVhlsf1rI4zGlyMDQDRtcfuo2XMKwmWjZL8tVsYd5EKdHfM1z7UQx1mjvT5mysNnRjl-eM8028lYueE8TXJUn_AVYNAJFboj9PGpIkaDJDw/s400/Full-Black-Final.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637418187223615506" /></a><br /><br />I was so happy that the Publisher and author liked this approach off the bat which was a nice surprise. Using genre elements of big type, big author and a silhouetted figure against bright colored background but in a simple, clean and direct way. Good for an ongoing series look. And the book is currently on the <i>New York Times</i> Bestsellers List. Even though Brad Thor is no stranger to the Best Seller list, I like to think that my design had a small part in setting him up to new readers.<br /><br />Brad AD sighting on the LIRR:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3IuZxhsfWw2NgMJ8AmOkeB47VFCZkNoVyIVGCO66NebtwrHsXn522UNFu3D_Rsbli230_lVEbt-Y1lU-0_YP2J6cv_F9Qqn0KFOL5PquGnPJK2ul7itIvMUt1pYWMrxRjX8/s1600/Brad-AD.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3IuZxhsfWw2NgMJ8AmOkeB47VFCZkNoVyIVGCO66NebtwrHsXn522UNFu3D_Rsbli230_lVEbt-Y1lU-0_YP2J6cv_F9Qqn0KFOL5PquGnPJK2ul7itIvMUt1pYWMrxRjX8/s400/Brad-AD.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650052519217064370" /></a><br />(photograph by Patrice Kaplan)<br /><br />Author Brad Thor on <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/piersmorgan" target="new">Piers Morgan</a> Tonight / CNN with my jacket in the background:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmdv3_sfZAJ0_J4FEXnxPCQmnzJt0mF2_vqld2pwF0z7IePlyAtaU4reGHfAbXvnePGghnB7N6GXI1FgT7a5Gwcrr3jBiqTYVGdvtESP0LaoxjJVGP_6agyU91X2PzunW_tg/s1600/DSC_3354-Brad-Thor_Piers-Morgan.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmdv3_sfZAJ0_J4FEXnxPCQmnzJt0mF2_vqld2pwF0z7IePlyAtaU4reGHfAbXvnePGghnB7N6GXI1FgT7a5Gwcrr3jBiqTYVGdvtESP0LaoxjJVGP_6agyU91X2PzunW_tg/s400/DSC_3354-Brad-Thor_Piers-Morgan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637202043493493522" /></a><br /><br />CNN Video: Author Brad Thor on the Norway terror attacks:<br /><object width="416" height="374" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ep"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=bestoftv/2011/08/03/exp.piers.brad.thor.norway.cnn" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><embed src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=bestoftv/2011/08/03/exp.piers.brad.thor.norway.cnn" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="416" wmode="transparent" height="374"></embed></object><br /><br />Designer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bacon_(designer)" target="new"><b>Paul Bacon</b></a> is known for introducing the "Big Book Look" in book jacket design. His 1956 jacket design for <i>Compulsion</i>, a novel by Meyer Levin marked the inception of the "Big Book Look". This look features a large, bold title, a prominent author's name, and a small conceptual image:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-35zvOrKzGDDMouy3JjFme8Ii2b7Il6rhLeLv1m9aPFmnyciYAdi9_RgacfluFhElAc_bxHx4YR2rln4bDEB-rukpPuI7PRHjCvpiI4gQfA3Xr-nGIH0M7BK0sdHI01csbg/s1600/Compulsion_Meyer_Levin_cover.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-35zvOrKzGDDMouy3JjFme8Ii2b7Il6rhLeLv1m9aPFmnyciYAdi9_RgacfluFhElAc_bxHx4YR2rln4bDEB-rukpPuI7PRHjCvpiI4gQfA3Xr-nGIH0M7BK0sdHI01csbg/s400/Compulsion_Meyer_Levin_cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641263576755384082" /></a><br /><br />“The big book look,” by Field Maloney / <i><a href="http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/html/books/20070211maloney.pdf" target="new">The New York Times Book Review</a></i>, February 11, 2007:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUTi1wqqstJQ_qDJHXP3IM-r3RSNYE83QNEnjvmeP5fMNDBa1I6JDtH150xtPJRPfNbGx278ttV1L-v0fYMn1J2-kqbRDy3xJrMSnlxvc7nqAC6EvZu6J3iyEMZGMJVpQOR8/s1600/20070211maloney.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUTi1wqqstJQ_qDJHXP3IM-r3RSNYE83QNEnjvmeP5fMNDBa1I6JDtH150xtPJRPfNbGx278ttV1L-v0fYMn1J2-kqbRDy3xJrMSnlxvc7nqAC6EvZu6J3iyEMZGMJVpQOR8/s400/20070211maloney.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641268482155295330" /></a><br /><br />The St. Martin's Press "Blues Crew" Art Depts. We were such non-conformist back then.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTitwLKPGT4Jqk0WKKH4-hTKy6O_Xk2HC1X-wmYBA8xjbPjicANaI7WGte_84r4NzVQLU8ExzqtYJIX7Rsz8AXLmAXEGqYPDWB5h6D5AjUChSWg6Ss-t_mnPQ4Kud24JnaAlE/s1600/SMP+BLUE+CREW.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTitwLKPGT4Jqk0WKKH4-hTKy6O_Xk2HC1X-wmYBA8xjbPjicANaI7WGte_84r4NzVQLU8ExzqtYJIX7Rsz8AXLmAXEGqYPDWB5h6D5AjUChSWg6Ss-t_mnPQ4Kud24JnaAlE/s400/SMP+BLUE+CREW.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641254313367712802" /></a><br />Left to Right: <a href="http://bookcoverarchive.com/Evan_Gaffney" target="new">Evan Gaffney</a>, Junie Lee, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1017344440" target="new">Alan Dingman</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/MakeABook" target="new">Judith Stagnitto Abbate</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/hsyee" target="new">Henry Sene Yee</a>, & Jennifer ChiorazziH3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-40642422659679384522011-08-11T12:51:00.003-04:002011-08-24T11:48:23.249-04:00By Nightfall<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUBwNk83IeNJ7p3iQt9X5B41t8Cbg5ipY_f6zh85z9n5F0IJs8j0qV1c6UQ-mlGoef0HSLBL14Fc1K8AEY_abslp_YpKIpKuaB8FUSgHtRo59OwiQzV0ESc7HKwg3ae5UA7o/s1600/By-Nightfall-front.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUBwNk83IeNJ7p3iQt9X5B41t8Cbg5ipY_f6zh85z9n5F0IJs8j0qV1c6UQ-mlGoef0HSLBL14Fc1K8AEY_abslp_YpKIpKuaB8FUSgHtRo59OwiQzV0ESc7HKwg3ae5UA7o/s400/By-Nightfall-front.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639309003307257362" /></a>
<br />by <a href="http://www.michaelcunningham.com/" target="new">Michael Cunningham</a> // <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/bynightfall" target="new">Picador</a>
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<br />Cover photograph by <a href="http://www.plainpicture.com/us/search?rp=1&rf=1&string=jeff+spielman&x=0&y=0&ft=none" target="new">Plain Picture</a> / <a href="http://jeffspielman.com/" target="new">Jeff Spielman</a>
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<br /><blockquote><b>A <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller</b>
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<br />Peter and Rebecca Harris, midforties, are prosperous denizens of Manhattan. He’s an art dealer, she’s an editor. They live well. They have their troubles—their ebbing passions, their wayward daughter, and certain doubts about their careers—but they feel as though they’re happy. Happy enough. Until Rebecca’s much younger, look-alike brother, Ethan (known in the family as Mizzy, short for the Mistake), comes to visit. And after he arrives, nothing will ever be the same again.
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<br />This poetic and compelling masterpiece is a heartbreaking look at a marriage and the way we now live. Full of shocks and aftershocks, <i>By Nightfall</i> is a novel about the uses and meaning of beauty, and the place of love in our lives.
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<br />OUTTAKES
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<br />For the previous Cunningham titles I designed, <a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/2006/04/hours.html" target="new"><i>The Hours</i></a>, <a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/2007/03/flesh-and-blood.html" target="new"><i>Flesh and Blood</i></a>, <a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/2006/04/specimen-days.html" target="new"><i>Specimen Days</i></a>, and <a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/2006/04/laws-for-creations.html" target="new"><i>Laws of Creations</i></a>, I had an unintentional floral motif going on. Like a vine, visually tying them all together. So I originally approach this book in the same way. I hired <a href="http://marcyankus.com/site/" target="new">Marc Yankus</a> to photograph this idea for me. A flower arrangement on an apartment window overlooking the SOHO neighborhood outside. Although pretty, it wasn't the right tone for the book:
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<br />I found this previously shot image on Marc's website. Although it connected with the storyline, we didn't want to suggest that this was a gay novel. Plus, it had already been used on another cover:
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<br />We then wanted to get a sense of the city at night. Not any specific neighborhood but more dream like. To suggest getting lost and searching for something. I tried using one of <a href="http://henryseneyee-photography.blogspot.com/" target="new">my photographs</a> but it was too vague:
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<br />Approved comp:
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<br />Everyone loved this chosen image. Right before it went to the printers, I had to add a <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller to the front. It gave me a moment to rethink my original type solution which bugged me. The serifs were too thin and quiet and I wanted it to interact with the image more. So first, I changed all my type to the beautiful <a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/font_overview.php?productLineID=100033" target="new">Archer</a>, and then centered and anchored it to the red traffic light. I decided to pivot the entire type block on a slight counter clockwise rotation to match the slight skew of the photo's horizon line and positioned it uncomfortably tight to the top. Just to make it not so perfect. Everyone has been so kind to warn me that the type is crooked on the cover.
<br />Thanks, but it's a designer's thing. I hope you understand.
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<br />Michael Cunningham & James Franco Meet: Part I of III
<br /><iframe width="400" height="257" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rZsNwlh7UIo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-63385414728758842712011-08-02T12:50:00.001-04:002011-08-02T12:54:22.731-04:00Humiliation: BIG IDEAS // small books<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg58CFPLLFloHUirNAQqGaLGN-iPraA6mJNNGVp6bUNP5bAkMJ5uWA-kSN892OYf4ihseMuFCkOqOkAj-5vDFo-xyOyGW0dtI5DVxCVnF1FmJkc_K3kk6sFrUMR3Gv7YuvxOo/s1600/Humiliation.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg58CFPLLFloHUirNAQqGaLGN-iPraA6mJNNGVp6bUNP5bAkMJ5uWA-kSN892OYf4ihseMuFCkOqOkAj-5vDFo-xyOyGW0dtI5DVxCVnF1FmJkc_K3kk6sFrUMR3Gv7YuvxOo/s400/Humiliation.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626365465925939794" /></a><br />by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W1uqF0XOrxc" target="new">Wayne Koestenbaum</a><br /><br /><a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/search?q=big+ideas+%2F%2F+small+books" target="new">BIG IDEAS // small books</a> / <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/humiliation" target="new">A Picador Paperback Original</a><br /><br />Cover photographs by <a href="http://www.jonshireman.com/" target="new">Jon Shireman</a><br /><br /><blockquote>Wayne Koestenbaum considers the meaning of humiliation in this eloquent work of cultural critique and personal reflection.<br /><br />The lives of people both famous and obscure are filled with scarlet-letter moments when their dirty laundry sees daylight. In these moments we not only witness the reversibility of “success,” of prominence, but also come to visceral terms with our own vulnerable selves. We can’t stop watching the scene of shame, identifying with it and absorbing its nearness, and relishing our imagined immunity from its stain, even as we acknowledge the universal, embarrassing predicament of living in our own bodies. With an unusual, disarming blend of autobiography and cultural commentary, noted poet and critic Wayne Koestenbaum takes us through a spectrum of mortifying circumstances—in history, literature, art, current events, music, film, and his own life. His generous disclosures and brilliant observations go beyond prurience to create a poetics of abasement. Inventive, poignant, erudite, and playful, <i>Humiliation</i> plunges into one of the most disquieting of human experiences, with reflections at once emboldening and humane.</blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlSU5a1gOA6OQrIMD3KjNekwlVFakNrr3ihHuU2LpFsrjYwWjkBS1pfZJD8QVIFt5-0J4n8i4Zq8ai3NZyFKtWyQ95TlYppETUxrLhBlIlVLM1qiD87wLvXIEAPEAkdWyepc/s1600/Humiliation-Full.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlSU5a1gOA6OQrIMD3KjNekwlVFakNrr3ihHuU2LpFsrjYwWjkBS1pfZJD8QVIFt5-0J4n8i4Zq8ai3NZyFKtWyQ95TlYppETUxrLhBlIlVLM1qiD87wLvXIEAPEAkdWyepc/s400/Humiliation-Full.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626365468376734930" /></a><br /><br />Alternate Comps:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZQ24g1_n8-IP3BhjoYXQdnC63RAeQpXmFQ0Atk9SKbXOuNj8gTtNhTCRxY94irZVAXN0moxBjegqKL-XqP_78zSMzxbW7j4fW_KZ5AKAPHHRBvqz4hPq4NwQnspi63x-DFA/s1600/Humiliation-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZQ24g1_n8-IP3BhjoYXQdnC63RAeQpXmFQ0Atk9SKbXOuNj8gTtNhTCRxY94irZVAXN0moxBjegqKL-XqP_78zSMzxbW7j4fW_KZ5AKAPHHRBvqz4hPq4NwQnspi63x-DFA/s400/Humiliation-01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626365477341161682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM58_p1rzatDt8fwHt-YifpDKHkGg6_3k5vKHH3x2QuPYSzAIPvxYV-tIKCyQ3aN_dgq_F_fmSYm-htpV7BNzWHYiT7vFCEmUSipKuQECLi6wNkCMIaDC7PSM_j-rJlew5Fwg/s1600/Humiliation-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM58_p1rzatDt8fwHt-YifpDKHkGg6_3k5vKHH3x2QuPYSzAIPvxYV-tIKCyQ3aN_dgq_F_fmSYm-htpV7BNzWHYiT7vFCEmUSipKuQECLi6wNkCMIaDC7PSM_j-rJlew5Fwg/s400/Humiliation-02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626365474349292514" /></a><br /><br />HUMILIATION is not just shame hidden inside you but it's shame that is witnessed by others. Public shame.<br /><br />So my initial ideas with my talented Big Idea series photographer <a href="http://www.jonshireman.com/" target="new">Jon Shireman</a> was the face covered-up from embarrassment and the Pants with pee stain. I think the rhythm of the fingers looked great but I loved the pee stain idea. Very simple and funny. But it was thought too crass for a book cover. So we went with a diary of guarded secrets that looks like someone is desperately trying to get to.<br /><br />I remember one of my many public humiliation experiences that involved a Best Man speech I once gave. The night before, I took careful consideration to write down onto four pages of tightly handwritten pages every heart felt, funny anecdotes of my history with my best friend. At the reception with my moment at hand, I got up and took out my pages of notes from my tuxedo inside pocket. Everyone got to their feet and raised their glasses up high and I suddenly realized that this speech was going to be at least 5 minutes long. With everyone staring at me, I had to edit my speech down in real time. I rambled and scrambled and muttered and sputtered incoherently. Stories led nowhere, jokes weren't funny. In front of me I saw glaring faces turn from happy expectation to confusion followed by pained pity, boredom and cocktail arm strain. I finally salvaged it with the only winner I could think of, "And may they have many offsprings!" Hear, Hear! Glasses clinking. I stuck the landing. I slowly slunk backwards to the bar and tried to hide my public humiliation in a Tequila Sunrise. ouch. But I couldn't hide for long. The Bride & Groom sandwiched me in the biggest love hug of happy tears. Hey, I guess that speech wasn't THAT bad.<br /><br /><i>Humiliation</i> Book Trailers:<br /><iframe width="400" height="257" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/W1uqF0XOrxc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-24337406119356741382011-07-27T12:15:00.006-04:002011-09-06T23:46:13.344-04:00An American Type<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0B1zRchJ3sxkiUF5YKZC9rxSRseU0SW0M_Ybowkeq0BOy4Lif6Rm2_H2YB5zHdP2Who3oBMsHsmpuevjTxRiT2PpYXVuqM-v23fWBUjwPbMyYZvQF9nKUiOtpyR-iv__xPuw/s1600/An-American-Type-Final.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0B1zRchJ3sxkiUF5YKZC9rxSRseU0SW0M_Ybowkeq0BOy4Lif6Rm2_H2YB5zHdP2Who3oBMsHsmpuevjTxRiT2PpYXVuqM-v23fWBUjwPbMyYZvQF9nKUiOtpyR-iv__xPuw/s400/An-American-Type-Final.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626372602146131186" /></a><br />by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Roth" target="new">Henry Roth</a>, author of <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/callitsleep" target="new"><i>Call It Sleep</i></a><br /><br />Art Director: Ingsu Liu // <a href="http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=15510" target="new">W.W. Norton</a><br />Editor: <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/47938-robert-weil-and-the-music-of-editing.html" target="new">Robert Weil</a><br /><br />Jacket photograph © adoc-photos / Art Resource<br /><br /><blockquote>The author of the greatest American immigrant novel, <i>Call It Sleep,</i> returns with this posthumous work.<br /><br />Henry Roth’s final novel, <i>An American Type,</i> is nothing short of a miracle, a lyrical work of immense poignancy from a writer whose biographical story has no parallel in American literature. Roth, best known for his towering immigrant novel <i>Call It Sleep,</i> emerged from a literary hibernation of 60 years in 1994 with <i>Mercy of a Rude Stream,</i> a fictional quartet that would be hailed by as “a landmark of the American literary century.” In contrast to Roth’s previous novels, <i>An American Type</i> is a both a love story and a lamentation, the final fruit of nearly 2,000 unpublished pages that Roth composed in the last years of his life. The manuscript rested undisturbed in an office file for over a decade before it was sent to Willing Davidson, then a young assistant in the Fiction Department of <i>The New Yorker,</i> who with a “growing sense of discovery and elation,” recognized that this unpublished manuscript possessed “astonishing vigor.”<br /><br />Set in the dire year of 1938, the novel reintroduces us to Roth’s alter-ego, Ira Stigman, a 32-year-old novelist, eager to assimilate but psychologically traumatized by the scars of his impoverished immigrant past. Restless with his older lover and literary mentor, the renowned English professor, Edith Welles, whose obsessive love has crippled him, Ira, a “slum-born Yiddle,” journeys to Yaddo, the famed writer’s colony, where he meets a blond, aristocratic pianist, whose inherent nobility and “calm, Anglo-Saxon radiance” engages him.<br /><br />The ensuing romantic crisis, as well as the conflict between his ghetto Jewish roots and the bourgeois comforts of Manhattan, forces Ira to abandon the comforts of his paramour’s Greenwich Village apartment. In his relentless search to become a writer, a husband and an American, Ira heads West with an illiterate, boorish Communist, on an illusory quest for the promise of the American West. Thumbing rides from gruff truckers, riding the rails with hobos through the Dust Bowl, Ira explores America’s inherent splendors and its Depression tragedies as he returns home, uncertain if he will marry M., questioning if he’ll ever be able to make anything of his lapidary prose.<br /><br />Set against crumbling piers and glimmering skyscrapers in Manhattan, against seedy motor courts and tufted palm trees in sun-soaked Los Angeles, <i>An American Type</i> is not only, perhaps, the last first-hand testament of the Depression, but also a universal statement about the constant reinvention of American identity, and, with its lyrical ending, the transcendence of love.</blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQa27ftOnpurqPtuJcA2_o6ZAZ98KmfOLTg_7-t9K36t71wWbgbu9djIHNrV6Q_gBYOcmilrnlXVy-EH9SjuDuysYq0h4kqYdVpkqP7LSSML58shQUHwGp1K1DHLMaBV4gqJ8/s1600/An-American-Wrap.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQa27ftOnpurqPtuJcA2_o6ZAZ98KmfOLTg_7-t9K36t71wWbgbu9djIHNrV6Q_gBYOcmilrnlXVy-EH9SjuDuysYq0h4kqYdVpkqP7LSSML58shQUHwGp1K1DHLMaBV4gqJ8/s400/An-American-Wrap.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626372606797654290" /></a><br />Looking across Central Park South. Sigh, so beautiful.<div><br />Alternate comps:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8Zfc1oLn9yjdI-9jSvaacoB8Y2ZjljiNZdSE-zPfUvWQYpErp_mfKLeIt0rgFfKUoErpYMUvorM2vaSzExmeeVlXjEm0SuW19Xc4g9qOtwTh27fEJ5Bj2zzlJUf1VVZ4VFs/s1600/An-American-Type-01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8Zfc1oLn9yjdI-9jSvaacoB8Y2ZjljiNZdSE-zPfUvWQYpErp_mfKLeIt0rgFfKUoErpYMUvorM2vaSzExmeeVlXjEm0SuW19Xc4g9qOtwTh27fEJ5Bj2zzlJUf1VVZ4VFs/s400/An-American-Type-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634063011164078962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNrfknbMbSwaL6u4IkyMloHsPsHh6N7b964Br9n5zzC9eOsZtiSV-eR-g1CMsLqP3TkWlu-QA9glTrs_1YXF-cnRvsgPcDQ3DnUEJvLTpyp8XWAyCiRbawRGv5_YnHgku_A4/s1600/An-American-Type-02.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNrfknbMbSwaL6u4IkyMloHsPsHh6N7b964Br9n5zzC9eOsZtiSV-eR-g1CMsLqP3TkWlu-QA9glTrs_1YXF-cnRvsgPcDQ3DnUEJvLTpyp8XWAyCiRbawRGv5_YnHgku_A4/s400/An-American-Type-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634063006916039522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLB8SbmTVCCXe8mLQV5XdS5NrtoI5BKX6UwOIoJeYBpFoaM2hG_HuG4wV9XrM2vE9c2iugG89cDLJD0TBIQ7X-Q8nxBfElkMeL1NqeAv0jdSsCl5q16RBCNREwaDYoG41IjE/s1600/An-American-Type-03.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLB8SbmTVCCXe8mLQV5XdS5NrtoI5BKX6UwOIoJeYBpFoaM2hG_HuG4wV9XrM2vE9c2iugG89cDLJD0TBIQ7X-Q8nxBfElkMeL1NqeAv0jdSsCl5q16RBCNREwaDYoG41IjE/s400/An-American-Type-03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634063002595227458" /></a><br /><br />I had designed two of his previous titles for <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/Picador.aspx" target="new">Picador</a> back in 1994. 1994?! Yikes!.<br />Both shot by <a href="http://gracehuang.com/#" target="new">Grace Huang Photography</a>:<br /><br /><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/mercyofarudestream" target="new"><i>Mercy of a Rude Stream</i></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSOv8WkpCN3DETRpT2GrJ_OJxwA15tqeiqDi3ab7ECv4V4cGRkyYLVcOpkEHrQY4P5zuuTMbOm3eb4gvPslUTEGWrWjHgLP8oHIYfP-EkTEYUoayVZ1-tI7R5gW4Y0mLMqYM/s1600/9780312119294.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSOv8WkpCN3DETRpT2GrJ_OJxwA15tqeiqDi3ab7ECv4V4cGRkyYLVcOpkEHrQY4P5zuuTMbOm3eb4gvPslUTEGWrWjHgLP8oHIYfP-EkTEYUoayVZ1-tI7R5gW4Y0mLMqYM/s400/9780312119294.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634061571641011650" /></a><br /><br />and <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/adivingrockonthehudson" target="new"><i>A Diving Rock on the Hudson</i></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFS18eCRAHS_ebg7k7gSJzaIzPlGnr8_uYQzCVYdkcUPX7nkMYSNCoDQll6t0pS62vvIcWcWefiQNgFYCbcji0ZU4MXjsAsc4WhghvhyxFYg_xzCx0q7ZFp7EVXQwNqc37E1Q/s1600/9780312140854.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFS18eCRAHS_ebg7k7gSJzaIzPlGnr8_uYQzCVYdkcUPX7nkMYSNCoDQll6t0pS62vvIcWcWefiQNgFYCbcji0ZU4MXjsAsc4WhghvhyxFYg_xzCx0q7ZFp7EVXQwNqc37E1Q/s400/9780312140854.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634061571638582386" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/callitsleep" target="new"><i>Call It Sleep</i></a>.<br />Photograph by the lovely & talented <a href="http://www.christinerodinphotography.com/" target="new">Christine Rodin</a>, who sadly passed away.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxD4IHIsMCTm5RdqxtDkX8yp5D70lCfDY52YAzLGgtUr-sDmlpInSjnvBHOcwHiWMUeqJ6vwp2509iLC15gZsjqKmAAy111Gn-p4mEhkAmaohpQ34diK_WBIr2gUPvSieW9II/s1600/9780312424121.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxD4IHIsMCTm5RdqxtDkX8yp5D70lCfDY52YAzLGgtUr-sDmlpInSjnvBHOcwHiWMUeqJ6vwp2509iLC15gZsjqKmAAy111Gn-p4mEhkAmaohpQ34diK_WBIr2gUPvSieW9II/s400/9780312424121.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634074640446185106" /></a></div>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-23585608764488496632011-04-01T12:01:00.004-04:002011-04-07T03:12:53.513-04:00The Subject Steve<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzZg1aXG9Vmzm5T1BiUwHvgPJnWFLfV40F4V7y7JbdsAU3y26Cyjkg4R_2Rwami8URzGMHZRIq6PixYfW2KN7JCAchc_m1gSV1WaPEJFAh0EhiTbCLpYp_Bn5LyoIjIoWobY/s1600/Subject-Steve-X.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzZg1aXG9Vmzm5T1BiUwHvgPJnWFLfV40F4V7y7JbdsAU3y26Cyjkg4R_2Rwami8URzGMHZRIq6PixYfW2KN7JCAchc_m1gSV1WaPEJFAh0EhiTbCLpYp_Bn5LyoIjIoWobY/s400/Subject-Steve-X.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548779918663986642" /></a><br />by <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/author/samlipsyte" target="new">Sam Lipsyte</a> // <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/thesubjectsteve" target="new">Picador</a><br /><br />Yes, I designed this ALL in <font face="Comic Sans MS" Size=4>COMIC SANS</font face><br /><br /><blockquote>Meet Steve (not his real name), a Special Case, in truth a Terminal Case, and the eponymous antihero of Sam Lipsyte’s first novel. Steve has been informed by two doctors that he is dying of a condition of unquestioned fatality, with no discernible physical cause. Eager for fame, and to brand the new plague, they dub it Goldfarb-Blackstone Preparatory Extinction Syndrome, or PREXIS for short. Turns out, though, Steve’s just dying of boredom.The Subject Steve is a dazzling debut—by turns manic, ebullient, and exquisitely deadpan—Sam Lipsyte is in company with the master American satirists.</blockquote><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgge8Ak5hH7qaSCZr-L6P0DoeUGcYi1O1P74e-qmZfe0Jk6xTmtRCcAaw7GAURQewlV2LmXCPazJgUO5knkC0uT4UEJVRrxE6voKb7TMaW0n9x_9zY5ceLmtSbIMpg19GGQGQ/s1600/Subject-Steve-Full.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgge8Ak5hH7qaSCZr-L6P0DoeUGcYi1O1P74e-qmZfe0Jk6xTmtRCcAaw7GAURQewlV2LmXCPazJgUO5knkC0uT4UEJVRrxE6voKb7TMaW0n9x_9zY5ceLmtSbIMpg19GGQGQ/s400/Subject-Steve-Full.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546591582821160818" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/monologues/15comicsans.html" target="new"><font face="Comic Sans MS" Size=7>I'M COMIC SANS, ASSHOLE! by Mike Lacher</font face></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/typography/web/fonts/comicsns/default.htm" target="new">Welcome to the Comic Sans Café, the online Comic Sans type specimen and information resource.</a>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-81130560698811455662011-01-25T12:30:00.003-05:002011-01-25T12:40:55.281-05:00Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGKpLp0_SwWX40yt5kznbG3M4ypuSSFEWXcbaab1Y4IRZaSI44PsMFx1QDepPO1tNA5bOokpODzPqxX6MvifjvtARylrNzs5UnSI9wKB1wlWxB9gwolFARAHNOoX6w_NwI2M/s1600/Charles-Jessold.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGKpLp0_SwWX40yt5kznbG3M4ypuSSFEWXcbaab1Y4IRZaSI44PsMFx1QDepPO1tNA5bOokpODzPqxX6MvifjvtARylrNzs5UnSI9wKB1wlWxB9gwolFARAHNOoX6w_NwI2M/s400/Charles-Jessold.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561063464265641522" /></a><br />by <a href="http://www.wesleystace.com./" target="new">Wesley Stace</a> // <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/charlesjessold" target="new">A Picador Paperback Original</a><br /><br /><blockquote>England, 1923. A gentleman critic named Leslie Shepherd tells the macabre story of a gifted young composer, <a href="http://www.charlesjessold.com/" target="new"><b>Charles Jessold</b></a>. On the eve of his revolutionary new opera’s premiere, Jessold murders his wife and her lover, and then commits suicide in a scenario that strangely echoes the plot of his opera---which Shepherd has helped to write. The opera will never be performed.<br /><br />Shepherd first shares his police testimony, then recalls his relationship with Jessold in his role as critic, biographer, and friend. And with each retelling of the story, significant new details cast light on the identity of the real victim in Jessold’s tragedy.<br /><br />This ambitiously intricate novel is set against a turbulent moment in music history, when atonal sounds first reverberated through the concert halls of Europe, just as the continent readied itself for war. What if Jessold’s opera was not only a betrayal of Shepherd, but of England as well?<br /><br />Wesley Stace has crafted a dazzling story of counter-melodies and counter-narratives that will keep you guessing to the end.</blockquote><br />A wonderfully layered novel with lot of plot pieces that could easily lead to a kitchen sink design approach. In order to rein it in, I needed to reduce it to its essential story elements:<br />1. Three intertwining main characters (Love Triangle)<br />2. Music (English specifically) and<br />3. Mystery (Historical)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4EPq8Rga6ngxhXR9h5kNxEP0xYOUmFIuSCzaeEaO-Tak-hYXDsy_pZ3JjMCtCt7xlUKdLvBaIR29Zqsm8wA1CKfS-C0UrrcjSV8F1AYOZjYVjM9FJFODV_BIayXlaEuz3s4/s1600/tripplets.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4EPq8Rga6ngxhXR9h5kNxEP0xYOUmFIuSCzaeEaO-Tak-hYXDsy_pZ3JjMCtCt7xlUKdLvBaIR29Zqsm8wA1CKfS-C0UrrcjSV8F1AYOZjYVjM9FJFODV_BIayXlaEuz3s4/s400/tripplets.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565944003009155298" /></a><br />I thought using an <a href="http://totalguitarist.com/lessons/rhythm/8th-note-triplets/" target="new">8th Note Triplet</a> musical note would be a nice symbol to suggest a story of three linked characters. And printing it on an aged distressed letter to say historical setting. But I needed to bring out the music aspect more so using sheet music came to mind.<br /><br />I originally started with the classic <a href="http://www.schirmer.com/" target="new">Schirmer's Library</a> Piano Sheet Music:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-z-GB8lu0AJAgDMUzA5zzGBNiuUd-9tcRhpPuH4xLUquEhlnCd0oABRYLubCYPay2P9ogdry9n-Mfd5thbk2g-xK6dlgJMjsSny1Uv_2u0hv4caVxpd_zHfsx4i3a_K8_vg/s1600/Schirmer%2527s-Library03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-z-GB8lu0AJAgDMUzA5zzGBNiuUd-9tcRhpPuH4xLUquEhlnCd0oABRYLubCYPay2P9ogdry9n-Mfd5thbk2g-xK6dlgJMjsSny1Uv_2u0hv4caVxpd_zHfsx4i3a_K8_vg/s400/Schirmer%2527s-Library03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565866136055558850" /></a><br />But I was informed that Schirmer's sheet music was not accurate for a novel about English music. A rival sheet music library, <a href="http://www.edition-peters.com/home.php" target="new">Edition Peters</a> would be a better choice. The author's mother sent me several JPEGs of her music collection as reference.<br /><br />A few had wonderful typographic solutions to possibly play off on:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3Yj6FVlBDkSXucSoICBf2yVp-9_smf0LKdyNlLrIO10CPS7wthGE0KgvXxg0pAK_G48kVB95V1wbQeDiETCcWAthG7P8jWKqdoo-XnL7l0ke49mbqqVxmbmcygFi1mywQn4/s1600/100_2210.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3Yj6FVlBDkSXucSoICBf2yVp-9_smf0LKdyNlLrIO10CPS7wthGE0KgvXxg0pAK_G48kVB95V1wbQeDiETCcWAthG7P8jWKqdoo-XnL7l0ke49mbqqVxmbmcygFi1mywQn4/s200/100_2210.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564045775018531682" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxd3kJTbtThSQA1wO_nOwwIbJWkdNXa48fgIb2AEmR4PLlqHJizDkx9W_6c724FCD_EnkMjIsobOm5Y9v_sPAANv-TkCcv7-OdpkXrI4daFW6BKSgc3EwpZeFZo-B0B2oncE/s1600/100_2209.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxd3kJTbtThSQA1wO_nOwwIbJWkdNXa48fgIb2AEmR4PLlqHJizDkx9W_6c724FCD_EnkMjIsobOm5Y9v_sPAANv-TkCcv7-OdpkXrI4daFW6BKSgc3EwpZeFZo-B0B2oncE/s200/100_2209.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564045774171334578" /></a><br /><br />But I went with this one because I had enough elements and wanted to keep my cover simple:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFnO3K1WfTRa7kRFN2wb1zUedtxRCpkcEEPtgijWQ0AqJGABnKpFZu9av1e8OUQbgKIjePEZ6wNM5JPKjjpA91S_ByX2osruQ0BnEPYAUUvfwhEb5m-Yo-mseqq0BMZb4M2w/s1600/EditionPeters.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFnO3K1WfTRa7kRFN2wb1zUedtxRCpkcEEPtgijWQ0AqJGABnKpFZu9av1e8OUQbgKIjePEZ6wNM5JPKjjpA91S_ByX2osruQ0BnEPYAUUvfwhEb5m-Yo-mseqq0BMZb4M2w/s200/EditionPeters.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561068410775462690" /></a><br /><br />I didn't want to lift their look exactly so I found a similar frame in one of my favorite copyright-free Dover book of frames and borders, <a href="http://store.doverpublications.com/0486253228.html" target="new"><i>BORDERS, FRAMES AND DECORATIVE MOTIFS: from the 1862 Derriey Typographic Catalog by Charles Derriey</i></a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sSYL79jXKqi1BEJCH6_zlI0cehhwEOTiIdQ3wqQFjxLyf7kpaE3T_9YrlOXYdLsR1qslT4RLKL9W3SxaaEIxQAWSOaAjyUgcYci6rQVxLdxiyaZbzg5DGp_2eC-poghBSig/s1600/DerrieyCover.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sSYL79jXKqi1BEJCH6_zlI0cehhwEOTiIdQ3wqQFjxLyf7kpaE3T_9YrlOXYdLsR1qslT4RLKL9W3SxaaEIxQAWSOaAjyUgcYci6rQVxLdxiyaZbzg5DGp_2eC-poghBSig/s400/DerrieyCover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561071111679439522" /></a><br /><br />I overlaid the design on some burnt sheets of paper to give it a sense of distress and foul play. To give the faux cover some added depth, I used snippets of the music score composed expressly for this novel underneath. Bar 140 specifically because of the line "the victim." Although in the final design, the lyrics were covered up.<br /><br />Opening title page of the score, "On Murder, Considered as a Fine Art: a suite for soprano with harpsichord, flute and cello" by Wesley Stace/Thomas De Quincey:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYKwil3ePY5vlgixICcHT3ygGYwDb7fSzMDZUr35XTNubAjWc0kNNZnA2zRqdhpsCnXDJfTEUC0iVOBXOL2-Nrpcm-qA3Fpkeg5PuYSY6Ogrb1yBEovsjvPgj5siUTm3lU2Y/s1600/On-Murder-Considered-as-One-of-the-Fine-Arts_2-1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYKwil3ePY5vlgixICcHT3ygGYwDb7fSzMDZUr35XTNubAjWc0kNNZnA2zRqdhpsCnXDJfTEUC0iVOBXOL2-Nrpcm-qA3Fpkeg5PuYSY6Ogrb1yBEovsjvPgj5siUTm3lU2Y/s400/On-Murder-Considered-as-One-of-the-Fine-Arts_2-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561069916797784002" /></a><br />Bar 135-140:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHSR6n0MuAuxHd51apN6XdXQYaTpe8sDg3TJmB_lDPneeqDpu4Jr5Lyjb7Pdmk5mX7PW2UTM8JzGyy_eMueFhKLqTxB48IaGv76m6JcTYDBMRZe4KlSerqB7lxA-r2OLCXPk/s1600/On-Murder-Considered-as-One-of-the-Fine-Arts_2-17.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHSR6n0MuAuxHd51apN6XdXQYaTpe8sDg3TJmB_lDPneeqDpu4Jr5Lyjb7Pdmk5mX7PW2UTM8JzGyy_eMueFhKLqTxB48IaGv76m6JcTYDBMRZe4KlSerqB7lxA-r2OLCXPk/s400/On-Murder-Considered-as-One-of-the-Fine-Arts_2-17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561069916141888850" /></a><br /><br />Previous Directions<br />An Old Love Letter:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2GEyYUSySCOIwj8CYaFM_BfQQ0ESlirgZZeURhqUhcvdW8x7T-UfRfVTKDJz4Eiy6qmIKGtTuv6AY6zfz5mvFeEPyZwYM0D81PKVl_trPC6C3Y7DW-mP-7WBkcvot6XK4Zw/s1600/Charles-Jessold-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2GEyYUSySCOIwj8CYaFM_BfQQ0ESlirgZZeURhqUhcvdW8x7T-UfRfVTKDJz4Eiy6qmIKGtTuv6AY6zfz5mvFeEPyZwYM0D81PKVl_trPC6C3Y7DW-mP-7WBkcvot6XK4Zw/s200/Charles-Jessold-01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561067827020478066" /></a><br />A Musical Score:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnsSqHpcuypaj7Mrq_2nr8AukYyNhnmdIcIkwHBpf4-SFp9p8A5R28Jon5eRZuNq-BjnaolFHJpEKk4Jolse-KuK9QtZjhd__tD_lSglVuByJcn9BiFGJDtJB7U0frdN1vOw/s1600/Charles-Jessold-04.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnsSqHpcuypaj7Mrq_2nr8AukYyNhnmdIcIkwHBpf4-SFp9p8A5R28Jon5eRZuNq-BjnaolFHJpEKk4Jolse-KuK9QtZjhd__tD_lSglVuByJcn9BiFGJDtJB7U0frdN1vOw/s200/Charles-Jessold-04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561067818446096290" /></a><br />Damaged by Bullet Holes:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sRV7j5IvZb57Yoh5s8gyuo3pY1lMngUAwIX32c8AmAbj5zRBDbta9-bB5SZziCTZjHgPV2Yx2-HLjDI9OWOv-nm6BIvzU6unFjN19CByqS-JVR0A3EOAwUT5uQxJjB9w_AQ/s1600/Charles-Jessold-03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sRV7j5IvZb57Yoh5s8gyuo3pY1lMngUAwIX32c8AmAbj5zRBDbta9-bB5SZziCTZjHgPV2Yx2-HLjDI9OWOv-nm6BIvzU6unFjN19CByqS-JVR0A3EOAwUT5uQxJjB9w_AQ/s200/Charles-Jessold-03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561067821439656050" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TKlNKXGxP2CfvG87QbPiTRv6F3JdeMJlrEk2CCV5d2XcNd8CnP9QZ3tTYOXbJwxWdHd3Igabuk4dsflkHZMkhfJcl9qy8UZHfCPUWoN56oMUu2hJu6axW52MNnRCn1I0oQE/s1600/Charles-Jessold-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TKlNKXGxP2CfvG87QbPiTRv6F3JdeMJlrEk2CCV5d2XcNd8CnP9QZ3tTYOXbJwxWdHd3Igabuk4dsflkHZMkhfJcl9qy8UZHfCPUWoN56oMUu2hJu6axW52MNnRCn1I0oQE/s200/Charles-Jessold-02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561067832969628338" /></a><br /><br />Final full Paperback Cover with French Flaps:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQOKbqXrq26RijALKclC4BRL96s9t525EfNd_ZrddBv9oD7WYO2l-CAh2s-yPixwqcJLNQ92LZSzM9Rxh0LqbLIqi_hPyxgyPIIZhM9eKqYSrZBvcqKcGUMVywF_Yv98b9oQ/s1600/Charles-Jessold-Full.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQOKbqXrq26RijALKclC4BRL96s9t525EfNd_ZrddBv9oD7WYO2l-CAh2s-yPixwqcJLNQ92LZSzM9Rxh0LqbLIqi_hPyxgyPIIZhM9eKqYSrZBvcqKcGUMVywF_Yv98b9oQ/s400/Charles-Jessold-Full.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561063457102311362" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://eugenemirman.com/2011/01/i-interview-wesley-stace-about-his-new-book/" target="new">Eugene Mirman</a>'s hilarious interview with Wesley Stace for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PicadorUSA" target="new">Picador Paperbacks</a>:<br /><object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IgMkHaQuT0k?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IgMkHaQuT0k?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="325"></embed></object>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-5471418592364421912010-12-21T15:00:00.002-05:002010-12-22T12:29:59.603-05:00My First Printed Cover Design: The High School YearbookDesigner Extraordinaire <a href="http://bookcoverarchive.com/John_Gall" target="new">John Gall</a> has a post on his <a href="http://johngall.blogspot.com/2010/12/yearbooks.html" target="new">SPINE OUT blog</a> of some of the cool Yearbook covers he found while doing research for his children's school "graphics" project.<br /><br />This reminded me of when I was on my high school yearbook committee.<br />I was responsible for designing the Yearbook Cover and the section dividers. Other than the elaborate covers that I put more effort in than the one-paragraph long book reports I wrote, and for extra credit that I never received, or the mimeographed choir assembly programs created in my young artist career in grammar school, I think this is my first printed book cover. Complete with foil and deep emboss on a leatherette case. And Done on Spec. Pro Bono. Although I wasn't aware of a field called "Graphic Design". I just saw this all as illustration.<br />I was in the class of '83. Not as interesting as the ominous "1984" just coming over the horizon. The committee came up with our big thought-provoking theme. REFLECTIONS. The unknown future gave us lots to think about. But not enough for a concept. Think "Reflections." Hmmm. a-HA! Mirrors! You know. Because they reflect. Brilliant! Jacket meetings were so much easier back then.<br /><br />My high school yearbook:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTJQCCjvORM9ykuO-uYK3wETXIb4RrkgFbRyrEyudVbKTQhpp7asAjO9razD4jdCIehGQuyLZ_ZVnWqpvqbbjowcUlTdOYDfu-ieYSylI62-LKjEG1HQ-3jxVBKBehnlYBv4/s1600/Reflections+%252783+Yearbook.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTJQCCjvORM9ykuO-uYK3wETXIb4RrkgFbRyrEyudVbKTQhpp7asAjO9razD4jdCIehGQuyLZ_ZVnWqpvqbbjowcUlTdOYDfu-ieYSylI62-LKjEG1HQ-3jxVBKBehnlYBv4/s400/Reflections+%252783+Yearbook.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553179618261662418" /></a><br />It's funny to see so many graphic elements present themselves here so early on that still show up in my work now.<br />Block lettering. Type in Perspective, Frames. And nostalgia brown.<br />Ugh. I. am. such. A hack.<br /><br />I read somewhere that all artist have three ideas that truly interest them in life. And everything they create is a variation and exploration of those three ideas. Hmm, something to reflect upon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcw6rFKjkyOV5a1c-zMIjMw3gpVdyu3qESLM8CBx-JQLpQ2973R-aCFRc84BBod3NWzrJBKTcY-GnoVtNtpWzI-b1D44YgiT6ZxSZYvCDfGShObHbzGtBzlcF6019CM6rbN8/s1600/Then+why+do+I+feel+like+such+a+hack%253F.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcw6rFKjkyOV5a1c-zMIjMw3gpVdyu3qESLM8CBx-JQLpQ2973R-aCFRc84BBod3NWzrJBKTcY-GnoVtNtpWzI-b1D44YgiT6ZxSZYvCDfGShObHbzGtBzlcF6019CM6rbN8/s400/Then+why+do+I+feel+like+such+a+hack%253F.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553204585171505202" /></a><br /><br /><br />My Grammar school Choir program Design:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSC7YpFXT_rhyphenhyphen3Rt1FYN0bD-B4iVaroBe_oPq3Tr2O-sc2QdfTGd8r2c2i-ds4DBgBfyHiVIEV8kIMpBjmTIkRoixvpTapWPnyWlGB_bRDqOg6WYkQc41bXlbFuRkTtVu_lIs/s1600/Choir+Program.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSC7YpFXT_rhyphenhyphen3Rt1FYN0bD-B4iVaroBe_oPq3Tr2O-sc2QdfTGd8r2c2i-ds4DBgBfyHiVIEV8kIMpBjmTIkRoixvpTapWPnyWlGB_bRDqOg6WYkQc41bXlbFuRkTtVu_lIs/s400/Choir+Program.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553205976006944690" /></a><br />Check out the calligraphy, stacked type, alternating colors and curved musical staff. I'm just brimming with brilliant ideas.<br /><br />And here's an interview with Gall In His Own Words:<br /><iframe src="http://media.barnesandnoble.com/linking/index.jsp?skin=oneclip&ehv=http://media.barnesandnoble.com&fr_story=7db6b96ab6a251fe4e0ba1f0d1994613abcd86a0&rf=ev&hl=true" width="413" height="355" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"></iframe>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-60150975407083721722010-10-05T15:21:00.008-04:002010-10-05T17:48:58.991-04:00FAME: What the Classics Tell Us About Our Cult of Celebrity<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlt-fQX5Nl-_0-AkxxPIVO7zbF8JZ5ORC3XS4OAp-yQgidQ8Ot-SJWwb1xuZj35GKCqKRdejQOZazgXSWiSsEJj3MB7zJd2MfvwoEE9YiY3X6DqiaoLQEXja7nv1PMe6Wu9gg/s1600/FAME-Final.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlt-fQX5Nl-_0-AkxxPIVO7zbF8JZ5ORC3XS4OAp-yQgidQ8Ot-SJWwb1xuZj35GKCqKRdejQOZazgXSWiSsEJj3MB7zJd2MfvwoEE9YiY3X6DqiaoLQEXja7nv1PMe6Wu9gg/s400/FAME-Final.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501282952466356402" /></a><br />by <a href="http://www.popcropolis.com/" target="new">Tom Payne</a> // <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/fame" target="new">Picador</a><br /><br />Cover illustration by <a href="http://www.alandingman.com/" target="new">Alan Dingman</a><br /><br /><blockquote>In this erudite, acidly funny book, Tom Payne discovers in the constellation of our celebrity culture distinct parallels between the immortals of Homer, Aeschylus, and Euripides, and the glittery personalities in your copy of People magazine.<br /><br />We may treat celebrities like deities, but that doesn’t mean we worship them with deference. Is it possible that humanity, from pre-history to the present, has possessed a primal urge to first exalt the famous, and to then sacrifice them? Are there similarities between the rise and fall of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tqYUTjQIc0" target="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tqYUTjQIc0">Michael Jackson</a> and the ancient Greek practice of Ostracism, between Tiger Woods and Achilles, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUmojv8Ui9g" target="new">Farrah Fawcett</a> and St. Felicity, Heath Ledger and Dr. Faustus? From Greek mythology to the stories of Christian martyrs, Payne makes the fascinating argument that our relationship to celebrity is perilous, and that we wouldn’t have it any other way.<br /><br />In this brilliant book, Payne brings new life to the past and all of the characters from your high school literature class. Here the most ephemeral reality television stars (the “famous for being famous”) occupy the same VIP lounge as the characters of The Iliad, and Payne shows that the people we choose as our heroes and villains throughout the ages says much about ourselves.<br /><br />A dazzling and often hilarious look at the mortals, and the immortals—us and them.</blockquote><br /><br />To show that the obsession with the "famous" is not a new thing. My initial idea was to bridge a fame-obsessed society and their adoration of classical gods with a modern take of the goddess Athena dogged or posing for ancient camera-wielding paparazzo:<br /><br />Alan's sketch:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwK-DPJEsrH73V2vTtZ5W-6KkZWnh9JPnDaMFCf-kUvuX-u4NDpKdhabljATFwXmGo0joKWMc5LLJhxF02xZSb4p8l6p6sNBHFKOVIieF7QOoXELrL6-YN3-9D92LsXtP7Lk/s1600/Alan's-Paparazzi-sketch-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwK-DPJEsrH73V2vTtZ5W-6KkZWnh9JPnDaMFCf-kUvuX-u4NDpKdhabljATFwXmGo0joKWMc5LLJhxF02xZSb4p8l6p6sNBHFKOVIieF7QOoXELrL6-YN3-9D92LsXtP7Lk/s400/Alan's-Paparazzi-sketch-01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524312395307642626" /></a><br /><br />Two Papa-paparazzi layout approaches:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLd2YTO7OgQbl1mq-gf-5_6tffGYyC_PVzcgwOIJZ_mIwrxh0mHnf8sZ0edvqbxzad4fr6AeB1oJc2xEyQHmMRyBbhuVClB70wrBIE26KtwGlsGvPwwo_FDu_riBQ9p7WdN1g/s1600/Fame-04.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLd2YTO7OgQbl1mq-gf-5_6tffGYyC_PVzcgwOIJZ_mIwrxh0mHnf8sZ0edvqbxzad4fr6AeB1oJc2xEyQHmMRyBbhuVClB70wrBIE26KtwGlsGvPwwo_FDu_riBQ9p7WdN1g/s400/Fame-04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522435630444784866" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm75U_kanCP75dSJBKdurMvlEbVelwccETmn-I7BrrJGbrB4P04PFpL7DqzazLiTkrletXj34rnMHS4koblIgDUq1I6LeIi5oadSJ4o7siaqzij8KXo0KPqKSlY4lgOhuywvc/s1600/Fame-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm75U_kanCP75dSJBKdurMvlEbVelwccETmn-I7BrrJGbrB4P04PFpL7DqzazLiTkrletXj34rnMHS4koblIgDUq1I6LeIi5oadSJ4o7siaqzij8KXo0KPqKSlY4lgOhuywvc/s400/Fame-02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498969376920237858" /></a><br /><br />Funny, but it was probably too anachronistic.<br /><br /><br />This cover of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Hamilton" target="new">Edith Hamilton</a>'s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mythology-Edith-Hamilton/dp/0316341517" target="new">MYTHOLOGY</a> is one of my favorite because of the beautiful spot illustration of Pegasus and Bellerophon/Perseus starkly silhouetted against black.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt43uhHWTzfmKJucNDXlmVEMlb4d2oIJB2kothsNTItI-G2GMNGjOU_OhuHh86EocM-UcEEn81lZfyLhLVXRxaDw-g4blAuEJBnYnugfPOO69eO8uqsl9LfuygvVIgZpoepLo/s1600/Mythology-EHamilton-03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt43uhHWTzfmKJucNDXlmVEMlb4d2oIJB2kothsNTItI-G2GMNGjOU_OhuHh86EocM-UcEEn81lZfyLhLVXRxaDw-g4blAuEJBnYnugfPOO69eO8uqsl9LfuygvVIgZpoepLo/s400/Mythology-EHamilton-03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524312392740590738" /></a><br /><br />The layout on this edition is not as interesting but the art is better represented here:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkx9RQadIbDnoDTj5DgaEszkcsIWXrdjdnS0oQFtzlHBOp-qFBMQy-vfoVfjfXM_vBngzwe1h_OnIX6GkmgRY4rxmHgHD4teOq85XG2jdrFvqNQykGHXzrSl9-otEP0g7dqQ4/s1600/Mythology-EHamilton-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkx9RQadIbDnoDTj5DgaEszkcsIWXrdjdnS0oQFtzlHBOp-qFBMQy-vfoVfjfXM_vBngzwe1h_OnIX6GkmgRY4rxmHgHD4teOq85XG2jdrFvqNQykGHXzrSl9-otEP0g7dqQ4/s400/Mythology-EHamilton-02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524310773315582738" /></a><br /><br />It inspired this simpler direction with Athena on a stylized <a href="http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/" target="new">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>:<br /><br />Alan's SKETCHES:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkeh3QimPaSiE7XZ-KX0vuQbo46-urgeemlcREteLsaGMNdqWV3M0TG_famWOxOJc0uweNQlp5JEJ1zwcVAI_CdhlDnlaFP_reDbArhfVX8L-0HQlWMg-MwIgksrey1d2qlxk/s1600/FAME-Alan-Sketch-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 164px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkeh3QimPaSiE7XZ-KX0vuQbo46-urgeemlcREteLsaGMNdqWV3M0TG_famWOxOJc0uweNQlp5JEJ1zwcVAI_CdhlDnlaFP_reDbArhfVX8L-0HQlWMg-MwIgksrey1d2qlxk/s200/FAME-Alan-Sketch-01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524310060487242082" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdtt2OhdfnoqoIbQQMlRicFz-ewP6p1ay2MqdO_hYzJ9EjNqkpzIHlzE8hvaO5sI9CUXMU2JQE0t3k35VmYHHo5Blt_CVgj5TWlOErA3mGY5u-8KnGTjDjHKVjCQRTHBC6Xc/s1600/FAME-Alan-Sketch-05.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 158px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdtt2OhdfnoqoIbQQMlRicFz-ewP6p1ay2MqdO_hYzJ9EjNqkpzIHlzE8hvaO5sI9CUXMU2JQE0t3k35VmYHHo5Blt_CVgj5TWlOErA3mGY5u-8KnGTjDjHKVjCQRTHBC6Xc/s200/FAME-Alan-Sketch-05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524310059114834898" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZsbrobZsAjkPQtLfUXIUyHvIcniOvkbPVR75y5SCg6KSSBntK8083_LApYmFiSrH63n1_yW3NjNy56xcCktKIeaWIbmdlm51JGbThplLXYYoQbG3uUJctIsswtLgHdk9Rus/s1600/Fame-03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZsbrobZsAjkPQtLfUXIUyHvIcniOvkbPVR75y5SCg6KSSBntK8083_LApYmFiSrH63n1_yW3NjNy56xcCktKIeaWIbmdlm51JGbThplLXYYoQbG3uUJctIsswtLgHdk9Rus/s400/Fame-03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498969371306491410" /></a><br /><br />The simplicity of this idea won out but with Athena illustrated and placed over the orange pottery background.<br /><br />Hamilton's cover was also in the back of my mind when I designed this rejected cover for Jeffrey Eugenides' <a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/2006/04/middlesex.html" target="new">MIDDLESEX</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HCYelY_WROtvT2_HVrCp65vYXnMLlwZUrkpcZOKZ3UXaTnQfVVHW-N5eNVaZX310Wpe2RNmtqjgLAJAgL9CWoDU7x00qel-xyoUAKcH3D0C_9f-oBiB6vDuxd-ZoCmHIhU4/s1600-h/MiddlesexWings-B.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HCYelY_WROtvT2_HVrCp65vYXnMLlwZUrkpcZOKZ3UXaTnQfVVHW-N5eNVaZX310Wpe2RNmtqjgLAJAgL9CWoDU7x00qel-xyoUAKcH3D0C_9f-oBiB6vDuxd-ZoCmHIhU4/s400/MiddlesexWings-B.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328423957759695362" /></a><br />Photo-illustration by <a href="http://www.marcyankus.com/" target="new">Marc Yankus</a><br /><br />PEGASUS PWNS UNICORNS!H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-8734357735857424062010-08-18T11:30:00.004-04:002010-08-18T11:30:00.533-04:00The Flooded Earth<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVS8TySdgZu1AFDx3zYfxmqbyM9hjTVOt_KX7QXYlIR6BhfGgTPnvwO0qOmXW7dJ0Lz2XfdyTpey_Vj9Mm6e5wOUm7EOnW0XvPk_NKk0WVKzYb42z94A_Q_gXpxj0mLO7IYy4/s1600/Flooded-Earth-Final-111509.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVS8TySdgZu1AFDx3zYfxmqbyM9hjTVOt_KX7QXYlIR6BhfGgTPnvwO0qOmXW7dJ0Lz2XfdyTpey_Vj9Mm6e5wOUm7EOnW0XvPk_NKk0WVKzYb42z94A_Q_gXpxj0mLO7IYy4/s400/Flooded-Earth-Final-111509.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404790999953420850" /></a><br />by <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128290660" target="new">Peter D. Ward</a><br /><br />Art Director: <a href="http://designrelated.com/portfolio/NicoleCap" target="new">Nicole Caputo</a> // Basic Books<br /><br /><blockquote>Renowned paleontologist Peter Ward tells why the effects of sea-level rise from global warming will be more profound than you think—and how humanity will adapt.<br /><br />Sea level rise will happen no matter what we do. Even if we stopped all carbon dioxide emissions today, the seas would rise one meter by 2050 and three meters by 2100. This--not drought, species extinction, or excessive heat waves--will be the most catastrophic effect of global warming. And it won't simply redraw our coastlines--agriculture, electrical and fiber optic systems, and shipping will be changed forever. As icebound regions melt, new sources of oil, gas, minerals, and arable land will be revealed, as will fierce geopolitical battles over who owns the rights to them.<br />In "The Flooded Earth," species extinction expert Peter Ward describes in intricate detail what our world will look like in 2050, 2100, 2300, and beyond--a blueprint for a foreseeable future. Ward also explains what politicians and policymakers around the world should be doing now to head off the worst consequences of an inevitable transformation.</blockquote><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHjE03mMQb4fRJ0J2HkvexQqZJyuBu2dmwH2NXPq3UNDfpT0zXbCgtaJzPeIgjA0cBWf1BQWxibxFTqUz7CIqjvRJbFxi5kXvkbXSG2LvETCthx0BNEj5VOaRp4zWncbdZvw/s1600/Flooded-Earth-05.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHjE03mMQb4fRJ0J2HkvexQqZJyuBu2dmwH2NXPq3UNDfpT0zXbCgtaJzPeIgjA0cBWf1BQWxibxFTqUz7CIqjvRJbFxi5kXvkbXSG2LvETCthx0BNEj5VOaRp4zWncbdZvw/s200/Flooded-Earth-05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404792683655832290" /></a><br />I originally designed this with just the Manhattan skyline under water but I was asked to adapt the concept to put across that this is a Global event. So I included San Francisco's Transamerica building and Paris' Eiffel Tower. I like it, although the final kinda looks like Las Vegas is under water.<br /><br />Various comps:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQUcKRp7Be7gVDkz_CqZgi0X0tU2hINQLbFsY6wZydXhoYVrjR0rwCzrCuDnGy6g3Tm531NVvj117v-0Gr7P5T7zivJnsBeY4RITshSlVQo9o3LNZfUmUtGIvhcwbTq9IIso/s1600-h/Flooded-Earth-13.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQUcKRp7Be7gVDkz_CqZgi0X0tU2hINQLbFsY6wZydXhoYVrjR0rwCzrCuDnGy6g3Tm531NVvj117v-0Gr7P5T7zivJnsBeY4RITshSlVQo9o3LNZfUmUtGIvhcwbTq9IIso/s200/Flooded-Earth-13.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398572815619473746" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJbBVjqwayCYuB_WL5c2ZDVz5hB1UFMZTfzz_NPznB28UGhaAbrGDhJG3J18pv9XQh_Wq8qsdyGjlPj3HEThMfXtSJOyFZDLi2c_YzmT4ZCuzEUMwzxUUL-kp031ZJ3R32nc/s1600-h/Flooded-Earth-03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2feYQdDDQ6Mf8KzA7FQ34gbaV9dIeuxHD3ggjMg8S-vutxOaWA6efCbw2cWoXiRBkHGDA77blr0LJyY4swiurdS7vEsFIjCpP6EYy4wSW09p3QjUSV583_NmIn5r3jBuTn4o/s200/Flooded-Earth-15.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398572564283422946" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYADt7kPaNdCe9-Dp9dFkuMKLoTNYI7OL-ZpL91rPzOu9PGWGaKz130VZwOa-uWyVjr5pQDccmYLUmosA9zqSFlGjdfY3ra_72oluc3xb21B3y0vMS2z7NI4isQ5p8aO-l2M/s1600-h/Flooded-Earth-08.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYADt7kPaNdCe9-Dp9dFkuMKLoTNYI7OL-ZpL91rPzOu9PGWGaKz130VZwOa-uWyVjr5pQDccmYLUmosA9zqSFlGjdfY3ra_72oluc3xb21B3y0vMS2z7NI4isQ5p8aO-l2M/s200/Flooded-Earth-08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398572810198779474" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWpN2924vM2g8TQ_M6JaIr48-ooI1toU7_GFNBzH6lMf7G_WHPi08cX7HFB4S67T0iTgx7b3E-621LBTFJEOpp_Wt3tt6o9t50VBU9CST17KLsOoJlvkv1Ij1QxIq0Y8NkCo/s1600-h/Flooded-Earth-10.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWpN2924vM2g8TQ_M6JaIr48-ooI1toU7_GFNBzH6lMf7G_WHPi08cX7HFB4S67T0iTgx7b3E-621LBTFJEOpp_Wt3tt6o9t50VBU9CST17KLsOoJlvkv1Ij1QxIq0Y8NkCo/s200/Flooded-Earth-10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398572808718907426" /></a><br /><br />As you can see, the shocking twist ending written by <a href="http://www.rodserling.com/pota.htm" target="new">Rod Serling</a> for the <b>Planet of the Apes</b> left a big impression on me growing up:<br /><br /><object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/31QUOUxqz2M&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/31QUOUxqz2M&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="325"></embed></object>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-10416732476054883962010-04-22T11:11:00.012-04:002010-04-22T11:20:45.344-04:00Choice: BIG IDEAS // small books<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3nL31KjKoU1XZZ3njCqy5zMv1yLL5l1laiiRYeGLxuVL_mOcg3bF-uelsu2PEZACK40Cd5tTRwv5snbmWG3z3V5o7VDdhAEbxsfhQRncXpCfQIiQv5ligZxaf1I5sOgOhyphenhyphenc/s1600/Choice-Needles.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3nL31KjKoU1XZZ3njCqy5zMv1yLL5l1laiiRYeGLxuVL_mOcg3bF-uelsu2PEZACK40Cd5tTRwv5snbmWG3z3V5o7VDdhAEbxsfhQRncXpCfQIiQv5ligZxaf1I5sOgOhyphenhyphenc/s400/Choice-Needles.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462671358599010674" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxr1pP0uqAsv_8F8qI3nZvzMSY_Iko87frxCW1Qg872qTTRbW4TjV-UyLruXT9yYHeOzyOdCR7SsxqWlAV6Gk5r_bCby94v1Ltg2n5lrfSkIsrUGotLU0J4cJkiC9xSebSQQ/s1600/Choice-Glasses.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxr1pP0uqAsv_8F8qI3nZvzMSY_Iko87frxCW1Qg872qTTRbW4TjV-UyLruXT9yYHeOzyOdCR7SsxqWlAV6Gk5r_bCby94v1Ltg2n5lrfSkIsrUGotLU0J4cJkiC9xSebSQQ/s400/Choice-Glasses.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462671348110088850" /></a><br />by Renata Salecl<br /><a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/search?q=big+ideas+%2F%2F+small+books" target="new">BIG IDEAS // small books</a> / A Picador Paperback Original<br /><br />Photographs by <a href="http://www.jonshireman.com/" target="new">Jon Shireman</a><br /><blockquote>The essential idea is that choice, which we’d always thought of as the great prize of free markets and free societies, can become a paralyzing burden when there’s too much of it. Renata Salecl argues that in the developed world we’re told that we can choose everything about who we are, how we live, what we buy, how we look, down to the last detail. But that’s too much choice; we lose our sense of who we are and we don’t know how to make those choices, so we end up choosing them based on other people’s expectations or other outside forces—so in the end there’s nothing very personal about all this personal choice </blockquote><br />To illustrate the concept of quantity of choices over quality of choices, I thought of playing off the pun "A needle in a haystack" with finding a needle in a needle stack. Overwhelmed by too many meaningless same choices.<br />Another approach was the idea of having to choose between two glasses that are either equally half full or half empty. Because in the end, it really doesn't matter which glass you agonize over and eventually choose, they're really both the same and you get out of it what you make of it. Jon did a fantastic job visualizing these ideas.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCs3qkHznEFzvvB47QeRJaMIoi_nBVxHR1AJk8C3f8VOBecFdIS0EpV9HMwgSScOMnfDOlFa2uLXbd6BW1Ct7FJKPvb7GLejHPUSt0ozdLdDtIYG6-QMim5Mq86BXLiDWlSlk/s1600/091144-01-056.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCs3qkHznEFzvvB47QeRJaMIoi_nBVxHR1AJk8C3f8VOBecFdIS0EpV9HMwgSScOMnfDOlFa2uLXbd6BW1Ct7FJKPvb7GLejHPUSt0ozdLdDtIYG6-QMim5Mq86BXLiDWlSlk/s400/091144-01-056.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462676779187294818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHrIviZcMOA4tLEmygs5zn1DvTAKZ7v9A_spckExy71xkMjzzSxEWsUCfKl-HKjv_wrc4WMEHb2ewYTFERK4Rsz-wRlDLmWlcgYHgSywKv5ew41HKamJqbq2gYi0ibe_NzYk/s1600/091144-01-062_V2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHrIviZcMOA4tLEmygs5zn1DvTAKZ7v9A_spckExy71xkMjzzSxEWsUCfKl-HKjv_wrc4WMEHb2ewYTFERK4Rsz-wRlDLmWlcgYHgSywKv5ew41HKamJqbq2gYi0ibe_NzYk/s400/091144-01-062_V2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462676787656415122" /></a><br />It doesn't happen too often that I love both solutions equally. But unfortunately we at Picador, for whatever reasons, chose not to publish this title for our <a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/search?q=big+ideas+%2F%2F+small+books" target="new">BIG IDEAS // small books series</a>. So I'll never have to make a choice and I get to choose both. But if this was published, the editor picked the two glasses. Both half full of course.H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-73267959573068971712010-03-10T13:04:00.006-05:002011-07-05T12:52:29.050-04:00Hotel Iris<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhaJ2iajOECVMOq_u55453stgqx9k2a_V3CwR7lcqRstTXvcAEB9aSYI_TO6FTjtH_nX0WE6Px4jNWaa6u87mG0-2i2DcFyvbChUif7vckoLy18czO7i4XNBP-o9QRjrsiOI/s1600-h/Hotel-Iris.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhaJ2iajOECVMOq_u55453stgqx9k2a_V3CwR7lcqRstTXvcAEB9aSYI_TO6FTjtH_nX0WE6Px4jNWaa6u87mG0-2i2DcFyvbChUif7vckoLy18czO7i4XNBP-o9QRjrsiOI/s400/Hotel-Iris.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423365377776745698" /></a><br />by Yoko Ogawa // <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/hoteliris" target="new">A Picador Paperback Original</a><br /><br />• An AIGA's 50 Books // 50 Covers Best Cover 2010 Selection<br /><br /><blockquote>A tale of twisted love, from the author of <i><a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/2007/12/diving-pool.html" target="new">The Diving Pool</i></a> and <i><a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/2009/02/housekeeper-and-professor.html" target="new">The Housekeeper and the Professor</i></a><br /> <br />In a crumbling seaside hotel on the coast of Japan, quiet seventeen-year-old Mari works the front desk as her mother tends to the off-season customers. When one night they are forced to expel a middle-aged man and a prostitute from their room, Mari finds herself drawn to the man's voice, in what will become the first gesture of a single long seduction. In spite of her provincial surroundings, and her cool but controlling mother, Mari is a sophisticated observer of human desire, and she sees in this man something she has long been looking for.<br /> <br />The man is a proud if threadbare translator living on an island off the coast. A widower, there are whispers around town that he may have murdered his wife. Mari begins to visit him on his island, and he soon initiates her into a dark realm of both pain and pleasure, a place in which she finds herself more at ease even than the translator. As Mari's mother begins to close in on the affair, Mari's sense of what is suitable and what is desirable are recklessly engaged.<br /> <br /><i>Hotel Iris</I> is a stirring novel about the sometimes violent ways in which we express intimacy and about the untranslatable essence of love.</blockquote><br />A creepier book than her other titles. We wanted it to have a dark, David Lynch tone to it. Off-centered and living in the shadows. The author's two previous novels had a dominant blue palette so I wanted to carry that through. Good thing the title had the word "IRIS" in it. I shifted the color balance to an overall violet tone and enclosed the scene in darkness on the edges to form a circular iris like a fade to black. The ferryboat came from a photo <a href="http://henryseneyee-photography.blogspot.com/" target="new">I took</a> from my trip to <a href="http://www.blockislandinfo.com/" target="new">Block Island</a>, RI.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVhzFzTuhUFbKygpZaqHt8_1bjrEf8q-X3D0But0EKkL6FhEu7CDHVOnc5q1C-mx8cz3idxKkHmYFK4dGcsSYwv52KTTFmue8GsU2SLLY3WOe_6htFcN6cZLuBFIqA389GfI/s1600-h/ferry-coming-in.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 391px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVhzFzTuhUFbKygpZaqHt8_1bjrEf8q-X3D0But0EKkL6FhEu7CDHVOnc5q1C-mx8cz3idxKkHmYFK4dGcsSYwv52KTTFmue8GsU2SLLY3WOe_6htFcN6cZLuBFIqA389GfI/s400/ferry-coming-in.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439068075914325810" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kUqjmC3nspo-Z0drLBUyFJMb0K091Ds_V_FOJyMrtNEY7iB4-1CYwrLSjV_D8iE7QvKv7egbmY6sEcO3i5NQAecyAydRJn1YV0-PzVA9bFApnTv-Wo3xyQnB5McujUTrAsE/s1600-h/Hotel-Iris-Final-Full.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kUqjmC3nspo-Z0drLBUyFJMb0K091Ds_V_FOJyMrtNEY7iB4-1CYwrLSjV_D8iE7QvKv7egbmY6sEcO3i5NQAecyAydRJn1YV0-PzVA9bFApnTv-Wo3xyQnB5McujUTrAsE/s400/Hotel-Iris-Final-Full.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423365381555225890" /></a><br /><br />An earlier approach that wasn't menacing enough:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnNdPuTQ6nWWU4Qc1CJxbAc31NSfBuaG5dO9j-24ZXs4npuSmhr2KhihHVJ5F0HVqsCKHeLBSPYvPPWJ5pGUd-b6ZTn_bDwnQhaKqkjoQGIFO0TQ-GbRPdr31PncQWRFXFpc/s1600-h/Hotel-Iris-sketch.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnNdPuTQ6nWWU4Qc1CJxbAc31NSfBuaG5dO9j-24ZXs4npuSmhr2KhihHVJ5F0HVqsCKHeLBSPYvPPWJ5pGUd-b6ZTn_bDwnQhaKqkjoQGIFO0TQ-GbRPdr31PncQWRFXFpc/s400/Hotel-Iris-sketch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447138353025174194" /></a>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-43156572142624677112010-03-03T11:30:00.001-05:002010-03-03T11:32:59.326-05:00American Photo Magazine: A Collaboration with Marc Yankus & Phil PascuzzoAn article discussing my collaboration with photographer <a href="http://www.marcyankus.com/" target="new">Marc Yankus</a> and illustrator <a href="http://www.pepcostudio.com/" target="new">Philip Pascuzzo</a> on the cover design of <a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/2009/06/burnt-shadows.html" target="new"><i>Burnt Shadows</i></a> appeared in the March/April 2010 issue of <a href="http://www.americanphotomag.com/" target="new"><i>American Photo</i></a> magazine.<br /><br /><b>FOCUS</b> | SIDE BY SIDE - Cover Story: A photographer and art director capture the essence of a book in a single image.<br /><br /><a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/2009/06/burnt-shadows.html" target="new"><i>Burnt Shadows</i></a> by <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/books/article.html?Kamila_Shamsie_gets_personal_with_history&in_article_id=557190&in_page_id=28" target="new">Kamila Shamsie</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsM6IiY67ZtIRzZLqMgZ0p3gEQzaoDYN2nVypk5ZJvM_eL_PaxlT6yEPNAyL9K7Kd6HIrUz0Q3hYt21bELuL3-AA_GPwlIJblmT9ZCBd7Nzs3gzpjDkTPD09c7BfjJPpz70g/s1600-h/AmerPhotop20Yankus-Yee2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsM6IiY67ZtIRzZLqMgZ0p3gEQzaoDYN2nVypk5ZJvM_eL_PaxlT6yEPNAyL9K7Kd6HIrUz0Q3hYt21bELuL3-AA_GPwlIJblmT9ZCBd7Nzs3gzpjDkTPD09c7BfjJPpz70g/s400/AmerPhotop20Yankus-Yee2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443832122743424066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl20SyhmRlwBmbw7UWyYgFK7Q0wrx06ouelAyDMr60LwcJFoBn9j-nh-vdREdw9uI1_jmcwwJTAx9fa0QIxWiCOqiXUN89poyNMRCb6bNuqXpNWDfVURnqMbR9lKKMAzmysls/s1600-h/AmerPhotop21Yankus-Yee2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl20SyhmRlwBmbw7UWyYgFK7Q0wrx06ouelAyDMr60LwcJFoBn9j-nh-vdREdw9uI1_jmcwwJTAx9fa0QIxWiCOqiXUN89poyNMRCb6bNuqXpNWDfVURnqMbR9lKKMAzmysls/s400/AmerPhotop21Yankus-Yee2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443832127018118194" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FsG2t6VSY3M6anSV85vZqtURqftbBVRuZtvaHUzeqUSFNk75CRE_DpJFCsL9dhvP3j1lXW-Jum6sRPEumZf92IwquC-2Hs03nzYMh8TPYEFPacmXqGWNulPomotTYloOuLE/s1600-h/AmerPhotopCoverYankus-Yee2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FsG2t6VSY3M6anSV85vZqtURqftbBVRuZtvaHUzeqUSFNk75CRE_DpJFCsL9dhvP3j1lXW-Jum6sRPEumZf92IwquC-2Hs03nzYMh8TPYEFPacmXqGWNulPomotTYloOuLE/s400/AmerPhotopCoverYankus-Yee2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443831733145710402" /></a>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-43899115471409912010-02-17T11:00:00.000-05:002010-02-17T11:00:00.098-05:00Venus Drive<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4H02WKbeQQb0knV3aqWJGuG3mKZLFL_WeBLnA7HKh8THK1EdhJ2n7C01k233WJZ7oAhasXVH007JChyphenhyphenAQE0LwdG9OPRdFH1jMiFgg6yIPYL5iqjBi6oa6EmbZAQQJuXflxto/s1600/Venus-Drive.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4H02WKbeQQb0knV3aqWJGuG3mKZLFL_WeBLnA7HKh8THK1EdhJ2n7C01k233WJZ7oAhasXVH007JChyphenhyphenAQE0LwdG9OPRdFH1jMiFgg6yIPYL5iqjBi6oa6EmbZAQQJuXflxto/s400/Venus-Drive.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407429206280841010" /></a><br />by Sam Lipsyte / <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/venusdrive" target="new">Picador</a><br /><br /><blockquote>An intense, mordantly funny collection of short fiction from the author of <i><a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/2006/04/home-land_18.html" target="new">Home Land</a></i> and <i><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/Tour.aspx?id=479&publisher=macmillansite" target="new">The Ask</i></a>.<br /><br />A man with an "old soul" finds himself at a Times Square peep show, looking for more than just a little action. A young man goes into some serious regression after finding his deceased mother’s stash of morphine. A group of summer-camp sadists return to the scene of the crime. Sam Lipsyte’s brutally funny narratives tread morally ambiguous terrain, where desperate characters stumble over hope, or sometimes merely stumble. Written with ferocious wit and surprising empathy, <i>Venus Drive</i> is a potent collection of stories from "a wickedly gifted writer" (Robert Stone).<br /><br />The Picador paperback edition includes an <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/BookCustomPage.aspx?isbn=9780312429607#Excerpt" target="new">excerpt</a> from <i>The Ask</i>.</blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyZjAq5V-oEVAv00Hp7F0bd_9DhNi0IA8HN135ppEc5BmBK0pyHs1fNItQJNpHkAkOGQfdE0axMopq8AoQLpDqqi3dcwo6GqfsDn29ExInQb2zlyopeXuUhDSZpb0ejVGwMw/s1600-h/Venus-Drive-Full.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyZjAq5V-oEVAv00Hp7F0bd_9DhNi0IA8HN135ppEc5BmBK0pyHs1fNItQJNpHkAkOGQfdE0axMopq8AoQLpDqqi3dcwo6GqfsDn29ExInQb2zlyopeXuUhDSZpb0ejVGwMw/s400/Venus-Drive-Full.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436013990005106818" /></a>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-67814669536332621602010-02-01T12:00:00.003-05:002010-02-01T12:29:07.556-05:00The Autobiography of an Execution<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQz4m0kmD-drdutyX73UUgWyN7qBC_9Mwf0PW-0LXyRIOTud6VjZ1AddjUGXXDBYLqu-b3aB85nmPpNHESo5tfJ6muCF7650WZfm0Xq1OLtXvQC0D1305A-UitHCQGA_wq_0g/s1600-h/Autobiography-of-an-Execution.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQz4m0kmD-drdutyX73UUgWyN7qBC_9Mwf0PW-0LXyRIOTud6VjZ1AddjUGXXDBYLqu-b3aB85nmPpNHESo5tfJ6muCF7650WZfm0Xq1OLtXvQC0D1305A-UitHCQGA_wq_0g/s400/Autobiography-of-an-Execution.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431936890800632770" /></a><br />by David R. Dow<br /><br />Art Director: <a href="http://www.designrelated.com/profile/twomeya" target="new">Anne Twomey</a> // <a href="http://www.twelvebooks.com/books/autobiography_execution.asp" target="new">Twelve Books</a> - Grand Central Publishing<br /><br />Cover photograph by <a href="http://henryseneyee-photography.blogspot.com/" target="new">Henry Sene Yee Photography</a><br /><br /><blockquote>As a lawyer, David R. Dow has represented over 100 death row cases. Many of his clients have died. Most were guilty. Some might have been innocent. <i>The Autobiography of an Execution</i> is his deeply personal story about justice, death penalty, and a lawyer’s life. <br /><br />It is a chronicle of a life lived at paradoxical extremes: Witnessing executions and then coming home to the loving embrace of his wife and young son, who inquire about his day. Waging moral battles on behalf of people who have committed abhorrent crimes. Fighting for life in America’s death penalty capital, within a criminal justice system full of indifferent and ineffectual judges. Racing against time on behalf of clients who have no more time.</blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqbv7SPo" target="new">Ain't no sunshine</a> when they're gone.<br /><br />Initial concept sketches:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7GNQ3wXl39EG-rJVC8WLbXAyPvddm7-yqsq6JcYHjiSyvM37Q_vxD5PLg59uE6qhaRjDiPkD7b10_SyyqYI2VFBuTxHNJnEBYaZQAhUEZr83E3WaSg81SdIXpyJQ-WbyTac/s1600-h/Autobiography-of-an-Execution-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7GNQ3wXl39EG-rJVC8WLbXAyPvddm7-yqsq6JcYHjiSyvM37Q_vxD5PLg59uE6qhaRjDiPkD7b10_SyyqYI2VFBuTxHNJnEBYaZQAhUEZr83E3WaSg81SdIXpyJQ-WbyTac/s200/Autobiography-of-an-Execution-02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431939079553937490" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RHA124uYbIY7WgmEXvAkPaGK6FRP9eY4OnqRDv4_Po8HKswZkPeQaB6YNs9TyY7-P6wj3vCf1FX7V8PEnV9Swcevlda4tW7nZLIH_t_zvWmjj9RNheomLObspLZCBD84X04/s1600-h/Autobiography-of-an-Execution-04.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RHA124uYbIY7WgmEXvAkPaGK6FRP9eY4OnqRDv4_Po8HKswZkPeQaB6YNs9TyY7-P6wj3vCf1FX7V8PEnV9Swcevlda4tW7nZLIH_t_zvWmjj9RNheomLObspLZCBD84X04/s200/Autobiography-of-an-Execution-04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431939065424252914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8eXZKuNozDMck6ZlVZ953AVUrdGh0pSi16kcq0fUTDkyQCgewV9WbkcZvNX1mIJAhPpvmKxq1eUSrYWgYPVsOnUfY2Z2tC5Nw9j-X7NGMhbeuB2mgu5edounUke4iKh4fpM/s1600-h/Autobiography-of-an-Execution-06.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8eXZKuNozDMck6ZlVZ953AVUrdGh0pSi16kcq0fUTDkyQCgewV9WbkcZvNX1mIJAhPpvmKxq1eUSrYWgYPVsOnUfY2Z2tC5Nw9j-X7NGMhbeuB2mgu5edounUke4iKh4fpM/s200/Autobiography-of-an-Execution-06.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431939072122418418" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H2f_8XOchY9itsDiq-Ns6YI2ETph6YSjdPXmrG8Bted_Xhyphenhyphen5DTTudOi9ny_SGL_NVC6SsgnMRT8tjoIIQ7TgMy7cpzFNlIuRRUb1mLZzbEdIZ3HOKg11bd8tJCq2Wsyi-0s/s1600-h/Autobiography-of-an-Execution-07.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H2f_8XOchY9itsDiq-Ns6YI2ETph6YSjdPXmrG8Bted_Xhyphenhyphen5DTTudOi9ny_SGL_NVC6SsgnMRT8tjoIIQ7TgMy7cpzFNlIuRRUb1mLZzbEdIZ3HOKg11bd8tJCq2Wsyi-0s/s200/Autobiography-of-an-Execution-07.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431939076559806146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelLZShnmFkDqWjwG6Tpl_gpQ_a24xYOZqCTsxMa_oZRE-6Oe7-1GRgULgYOLGADfRjgs_MwV7cDDVta2B_IEstCvjS1oDqtNzkYZr3pK67CF1zOHgp7so98NPT52q5HzgvW4/s1600-h/Autobiography-of-an-Execution-08.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelLZShnmFkDqWjwG6Tpl_gpQ_a24xYOZqCTsxMa_oZRE-6Oe7-1GRgULgYOLGADfRjgs_MwV7cDDVta2B_IEstCvjS1oDqtNzkYZr3pK67CF1zOHgp7so98NPT52q5HzgvW4/s200/Autobiography-of-an-Execution-08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431939069789100642" /></a><br /><br />Behind the Book:<br /><object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S0L3eW416_w&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S0L3eW416_w&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="325"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />The photo came from a series <a href="http://henryseneyee-photography.blogspot.com/" target="new">I shot</a> called:<br /><br />SUN ON.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/778/332/1600/IMG_3895.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/778/332/400/IMG_3895.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />SUN OFF.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/778/332/1600/IMG_3900.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/778/332/400/IMG_3900.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />These photographs and a few more of mine appear in <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Eye-Photographs-Designers-around/dp/0811869032/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264748792&sr=8-1" target="new">The Graphic Eye: Photographs by Graphic Designers from around the Globe</i></a> by <a href="http://www.dailymonster.com/" target="new">Stefan G. Bucher</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6wmCOHHRyaxFgsEfPUx_1NW2rtINjENSetw2B4QXsFuP2Lkts-PExkwZFNt2m8bli4ePfHf48lpm0UUFItrGQOkCou2R7t5tPwJrbHzkguAdK6AWQAdUVyaVkhKcVqmOtP0/s1600-h/Graphic+Eye.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6wmCOHHRyaxFgsEfPUx_1NW2rtINjENSetw2B4QXsFuP2Lkts-PExkwZFNt2m8bli4ePfHf48lpm0UUFItrGQOkCou2R7t5tPwJrbHzkguAdK6AWQAdUVyaVkhKcVqmOtP0/s400/Graphic+Eye.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432056362475162722" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTc8Bz6LU01SSaKovi6Ue3FqBqvXuUYTrWu6UeDOFG9y-jFMixd80txApZLM3DdldFzxUKRz-kUo_G2Z0vnPk2-9mgvy7ylB0IjP90_nGC1z-qIWGw7Bg0bTNh0XA2MLhTdwA/s1600-h/Graphic+Eye+Karen.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTc8Bz6LU01SSaKovi6Ue3FqBqvXuUYTrWu6UeDOFG9y-jFMixd80txApZLM3DdldFzxUKRz-kUo_G2Z0vnPk2-9mgvy7ylB0IjP90_nGC1z-qIWGw7Bg0bTNh0XA2MLhTdwA/s400/Graphic+Eye+Karen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432056835655689586" /></a><br />Bottom photograph by <a href="http://www.designrelated.com/portfolio/karen" target="new">Karen Horton</a>. As seen being sold at <a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/index.jsp" target="new">Urban Outfitters</a>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-32257278958367588842010-01-28T12:20:00.007-05:002012-02-29T00:45:25.040-05:00A Wall in Palestine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfJ21OtSNmDXkxLW1VPjKVvTOLwn6rHDkjPq6TF0ewP0xFxxFsZukrtU9XAE9DvLiszopU6tzWEP_3f2973jPs8hu7MUoLgf-QH449MjsQPuLdko3AycylRpviPQkNPFmqGg/s1600/Wall-in-Palestine-front.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfJ21OtSNmDXkxLW1VPjKVvTOLwn6rHDkjPq6TF0ewP0xFxxFsZukrtU9XAE9DvLiszopU6tzWEP_3f2973jPs8hu7MUoLgf-QH449MjsQPuLdko3AycylRpviPQkNPFmqGg/s400/Wall-in-Palestine-front.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406244383343040418" /></a><br />by René Backmann / <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/awallinpalestine" target="new">A Picador Paperback Original</a><br /><br />Cover photograph by © REINHARD KRAUSE / Reuters / Corbis<br /><br />• A 2011 <a href="http://regionaldesignannual.printmag.com/new-york-city-2011/" target="new">PRINT Magazine</a> Regional Design Annual Winner<br />• An <a href="http://www.aiga.org/50-50-jury/" target="new">AIGA's 50 Books // 50 Covers</a> Best Cover 2010 Winner<br />• Praise from Daniel Wagstaff @ <a href="http://www.casualoptimist.com/2010/02/02/midweek-miscellany-7/" target="new">The Casual Optimist</a> Blog<br /><br /><blockquote>The West Bank Barrier is expected to be completed in 2010. Declared illegal by the United Nations International Court of Justice, this network of concrete walls, trenches, and barbed-wire fences could permanently redraw one of the most disputed property lines in the Middle East—the Green Line that separates Israel and the West Bank. To Israel the “security fence” is intended to keep Palestinian terrorists from entering its territory. But to Palestinians the "apartheid wall" that sliced through orchards and houses, and cuts off family members from one another, is a land grab.<br /><br />In this comprehensive book, Backmann not only addresses the barrier's impact on ordinary citizens, but how it will shape the future of the Middle East. Though it promises security to an Israeli population weary of terrorism, it also is responsible for the widespread destruction of Palestinian homes and farmland; with its Byzantine checkpoint regulations, it has also severely crippled the Palestinian economy; and, most urgent, the barrier often deviates from the Green Line, appropriating thousands of acres of land, effectively redrawing the boundary between the West Bank and Israel. <br /><br />Backmann interviews Israeli policy makers, politicians, and military personnel, as well as Palestinians living throughout the West Bank, telling the stories not only of the barrier’s architects, but also of those who must reckon with it on a day-to-day basis on the ground. <br /><br />With bold, brilliant, and often impassioned reportage, <i>A Wall in Palestine</i> renders the West Bank Barrier—its purpose, its efficacy, its consequences—as no book before. </blockquote><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdXkFo_yJxbGjKL9p1waa7RXFH8fPuLE9tjE57cHJYpotIMafBjwYgGA0j9sgzgSQUwzl2JUc4y3vFFQq95dypSBbpehDAlr0AsjAZW2KbpTHFZF4o0OqZU5ekjqtbRzf5rY/s1600-h/Wall-in-Palestine-Back-Ad.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdXkFo_yJxbGjKL9p1waa7RXFH8fPuLE9tjE57cHJYpotIMafBjwYgGA0j9sgzgSQUwzl2JUc4y3vFFQq95dypSBbpehDAlr0AsjAZW2KbpTHFZF4o0OqZU5ekjqtbRzf5rY/s400/Wall-in-Palestine-Back-Ad.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431474004968453506" /></a><br /><br />The mechanical had already been typeset and ready to go to the printers when the editor told me that he received a ton of great quotes. Could I fit them all on the back-ad? Sometimes trying to redesign, cram and reflow so much copy into a single centered text column can be a huge last minute annoyance. It wasn't fitting so I thought I could break down the copy into easier to read chunks by splitting them into two columns. But I saw that four flush-left thinner columns would echo the vertical Wall segments on the front cover. I staggered the column heights and added a 1/2 point thick black rule separating the columns to further echo the front cover. I love text copy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBNSvCswTRdMV25swFyo6FC-AYgXetFja-7rMK3ga-AvP9xA4iSVIUXX8m6nfGUKXtBj7WvVdKdPyNQwnJ7Nf8HuQukOl49_x4dQthQd3f7PJGe8HMPwlBjEbUU0RJHGuiiE/s1600/Wall-in-Palestine-Full-mech.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBNSvCswTRdMV25swFyo6FC-AYgXetFja-7rMK3ga-AvP9xA4iSVIUXX8m6nfGUKXtBj7WvVdKdPyNQwnJ7Nf8HuQukOl49_x4dQthQd3f7PJGe8HMPwlBjEbUU0RJHGuiiE/s400/Wall-in-Palestine-Full-mech.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406247041699793426" /></a><br /><br />Original type treatment before I was struck by inspiration:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACxqfCyBAZNta0QTl4k7CWFP2GLCkWIGVr-R0AvDrG9mSYNjmA_HaR4jjrg4YXE_FYBbA6SVOAXz8y5LzUsY_xRVWS7tMG-zNa-Rc6XXO_RjpQBlrC7FsXsawVe7RNV1VKQI/s1600/Wall-in-Palestine-Original.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACxqfCyBAZNta0QTl4k7CWFP2GLCkWIGVr-R0AvDrG9mSYNjmA_HaR4jjrg4YXE_FYBbA6SVOAXz8y5LzUsY_xRVWS7tMG-zNa-Rc6XXO_RjpQBlrC7FsXsawVe7RNV1VKQI/s400/Wall-in-Palestine-Original.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624421990411417074" /></a>H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-15049368022875478072010-01-20T12:26:00.005-05:002010-01-20T12:39:34.522-05:00The Draining Lake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDK1lx72LcBkKTsXeG5Yy1EEfmMWpmbbvdtk9Us0nwktb1ID9iwhT-52K-8rU7-dEhd607NjATAWP_zJQEU-1nT1HNHBK5kXWfHi027bDpCqlYNlZ5Ee4FN71H31cOjYY3D5Y/s1600-h/Draining-Lake-Front.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDK1lx72LcBkKTsXeG5Yy1EEfmMWpmbbvdtk9Us0nwktb1ID9iwhT-52K-8rU7-dEhd607NjATAWP_zJQEU-1nT1HNHBK5kXWfHi027bDpCqlYNlZ5Ee4FN71H31cOjYY3D5Y/s400/Draining-Lake-Front.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428875156879227570" /></a><br />by Arnaldur Indridason // <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/thedraininglake" target="new">Picador</a><br /><br />Cover photograph by <a href="http://www.laurahanifin.com/" target="new">Laura Hanifin</a><br /><br /><blockquote>Inspector Erlendur returns in this international Bestseller<br /><br />Following an earthquake, the water level of an Icelandic lake suddenly falls, revealing a skeleton. Inspector Erlendur's investigation takes him back to the Cold War era, when bright, left-wing students in Iceland were sent to study in the "heavenly state" of Communist East Germany. Teaming with spies and informants, though, their "heavenly state" becomes a nightmare of betrayal and murder. Brilliantly weaving international espionage and a chilling cold case investigation, <i>The Draining Lake</i> is Arnaldur Indriason at his best.</blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtYeQ908881TdzDBn7jAQ3LV1SWxgeWGOfhsyWc39gG7LBv8AnG1o2-Tw2JjLBM8QIlrsVCoOfVlQnwWpxAVpSjY9eHDJ1e3RAtN7bSyemRyTaiZfqYrtz544aqngk2Kk8hs/s1600-h/WSJBooks.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 64px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtYeQ908881TdzDBn7jAQ3LV1SWxgeWGOfhsyWc39gG7LBv8AnG1o2-Tw2JjLBM8QIlrsVCoOfVlQnwWpxAVpSjY9eHDJ1e3RAtN7bSyemRyTaiZfqYrtz544aqngk2Kk8hs/s320/WSJBooks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428877582456456706" /></a><br />NORDIC DETECTIVES ARE HOT!!!<br />An article appeared in <i><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703657604575004961184066300.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines" target="new">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> discussing The growing appeal of Scandinavian crime fiction; existential malaise and bad coffee.H3NR7http://www.blogger.com/profile/12900839226973133951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26182076.post-91599911330653555622009-12-17T12:04:00.002-05:002009-12-17T12:23:29.421-05:00Wandering Souls<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVryI8jO_uJfpmcpgZ5ULx0sGhmxn3UOUXwT9Tx2bmNpSRTawMHW0SXuoqPK2COhVtvsi0M_g7UtT_IgHqPe_astqrYQnWbDUn3kqti64EDEM3a1QgqPdyHmCkqw8RLXN-iI/s1600-h/Wandering-Souls.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVryI8jO_uJfpmcpgZ5ULx0sGhmxn3UOUXwT9Tx2bmNpSRTawMHW0SXuoqPK2COhVtvsi0M_g7UtT_IgHqPe_astqrYQnWbDUn3kqti64EDEM3a1QgqPdyHmCkqw8RLXN-iI/s400/Wandering-Souls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399991064578544146" /></a><br />by Wayne Karlin<br /><br />Art Director: <a href="http://designrelated.com/portfolio/NicoleCap" target="new">Nicole Caputo</a> // Nation Books / Perseus Books<br /><br /><blockquote>On March 19, 1969, First Lieutenant Homer R. Steedly, Jr., shot and killed a North Vietnamese soldier, Dam, when they met on a jungle trail. Steedly took a diary—filled with beautiful line drawings—from the body of the dead soldier, which he subsequently sent to his mother for safekeeping. Thirty-five years later, Steedly rediscovers the forgotten dairy and begins to confront his suppressed memories of the war that defined his life, deciding to return to Viet Nam and meet the family of the man he killed to seek their forgiveness. Fellow veteran and award-winning author Wayne Karlin accompanied Steedly on his remarkable journey. In <i>Wandering Souls</i> he recounts Homer’s movement towards a recovery that could only come about through a confrontation with the ghosts of his past—and the need of Dam’s family to bring their child’s “wandering soul” to his own peace. <i>Wandering Souls</i> limns the terrible price of war on soldiers and their loved ones, and reveals that we heal not by forgetting war’s hard lessons, but by remembering its costs.</blockquote><br /><br />For freelance clients, I'm just required to design the front and spine and the rest is handled in-house. If I have time, I try to design the entire package. But this time I was swamped. <a href="http://www.designrelated.com/profile/alyssa_stepien" target="new">Alyssa Stepien</a>, Nicole's Design Assistant, did a great job taking my design and reinterpreting it for the entire package. Thanks Alyssa.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68p7JKnD9TcEpltB360Ze1zlazJYDrhaKzR-OgmHp8-l6kB9CC7xc6_yowjoRW-qrt0oM4FTsqPmPmIA4kGE4eO_of7L7evCtDG6qIj0ksEiewEDGyvI5Sjk9vYhC6Zw4WEY/s1600-h/Wandering-Souls-wrap.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68p7JKnD9TcEpltB360Ze1zlazJYDrhaKzR-OgmHp8-l6kB9CC7xc6_yowjoRW-qrt0oM4FTsqPmPmIA4kGE4eO_of7L7evCtDG6qIj0ksEiewEDGyvI5Sjk9vYhC6Zw4WEY/s400/Wandering-Souls-wrap.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376144177632733666" /></a><br /><br />Alternate sketches:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7E0BLDA3pV_S1_O6C_h3HM3bDsXAP0wlv8LPBVpQJR6KiwmnL7GF8f-4uw-EtVa_uS8Lz0EcNXLQfkfo_SOasFxkI0IfN0sN6em8ma7cCiYUpwzsO5LKZpSQeKC3922LVoxQ/s1600-h/Wandering-Souls-14.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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