Best Cover 2012
Ecco le 19 copertine selezionate dal New York Times (la commissione è formata da editor, grafici, designer) come le migliori dell'anno, si spazia dal romanzo ai saggi ai comics, nessun premio nessun concorso solo la soddisfazione per gli autori di aver fatto un ottimo lavoro.
“The Map and the Territory” by Michel Houellebecq (Vintage)
Jacket design by John Gall.Collage by Jordan Clark.Selected by Megan Wilson.
“The Flame Alphabet” by Ben Marcus (Knopf)
Jacket design by Peter Mendelsund.
Selected by Jon Gray.
Jacket design by Peter Mendelsund.
Selected by Jon Gray.
“Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2012” (Wisden)
Jacket design by Will Webb, based on the 1938 template designed by Robert Harling.
Selected by Joe McLaren.
Jacket design by Will Webb, based on the 1938 template designed by Robert Harling.
Selected by Joe McLaren.
“Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison (Vintage)
Jacket design by Cardon Webb.
Selected by Barbara deWilde.
Jacket design by Cardon Webb.
Selected by Barbara deWilde.
“Angelmaker” by Nick Harkaway (Knopf)
Jacket design by Jason Booher.
Selected by Gregg Kulick.
Jacket design by Jason Booher.
Selected by Gregg Kulick.
“Building Stories” by Chris Ware (Pantheon)
Jacket design by Chris Ware.
Selected by John Gall.
Jacket design by Chris Ware.
Selected by John Gall.
“The Yellow World” by Albert Espinosa (Penguin)
Jacket design by Jon Gray.
Selected by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Jacket design by Jon Gray.
Selected by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
“Hope: A Tragedy” by Shalom Auslander (Riverhead)Jacket photo by Tom Teitz.Jacket design by John Gall.
Selected by Dan Wagstaff.
“How Music Works” by David Byrne (McSweeney’s Books)
Jacket design by Dave Eggers.
Selected by Steven Heller.
Jacket design by Dave Eggers.
Selected by Steven Heller.
“Gravity’s Rainbow” by Thomas Pynchon (Vintage Publishing, Random House UK)
Jacket design by Matt Broughton.
Selected by David Drummond.
Jacket design by Matt Broughton.
Selected by David Drummond.
“Watergate” by Thomas Mallon (Pantheon)
Jacket design by Paul Sahre.
Selected by Nicholas Blechman.
Jacket design by Paul Sahre.
Selected by Nicholas Blechman.
Drop Caps series (Penguin)
Design by Paul Buckley and Jessica Hische.
Selected by Rex Bonomelli.
Design by Paul Buckley and Jessica Hische.
Selected by Rex Bonomelli.
“Bloodland” by Alan Glynn (Picador)
Jacket photograph by Charles Nes/Getty Images.
Jacket design by Keith Hayes.
Selected by David Pearson.
Jacket photograph by Charles Nes/Getty Images.
Jacket design by Keith Hayes.
Selected by David Pearson.
“Malcolm Gladwell: Collected” (Little, Brown & Company)
Jacket design by Paul Sahre.
Jacket illustrations by Brian Rea.
Selected by Carin Goldberg.
Jacket design by Paul Sahre.
Jacket illustrations by Brian Rea.
Selected by Carin Goldberg.
“ ‘Who Could That Be at This Hour?’ ” by Lemony Snicket (Little, Brown & Company)
Jacket illustration by Seth.
Jacket design by Gail Doobinin.
Selected by Chip Kidd.
Jacket illustration by Seth.
Jacket design by Gail Doobinin.
Selected by Chip Kidd.
“NW” by Zadie Smith (Penguin Press)
Jacket design by Tal Goretsky and Darren Haggar.
Selected by Peter Mendelsund.
Jacket design by Tal Goretsky and Darren Haggar.
Selected by Peter Mendelsund.
“I Saw a Peacock With a Fiery Tail” illustrated by Ramsingh Urveti (Tara Books)
Jacket design by Jonathan Yamakami/Tara Books.
Selected by Jillian Tamaki.
Jacket design by Jonathan Yamakami/Tara Books.
Selected by Jillian Tamaki.
“In Dreams Begin Responsibilities” by Delmore Schwartz (New Directions)
Jacket design by Office of Paul Sahre.
Selected by Matt Dorfman.
Jacket design by Office of Paul Sahre.
Selected by Matt Dorfman.
“Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook (of Sorts)" by Russell Norman (Bloomsbury)
Jacket design by David Tanguy at Praline.
Selected by Ingrid Paulson.
Jacket design by David Tanguy at Praline.
Selected by Ingrid Paulson.
