I'm still a little fond of what I came up with, so I decided to share the mock-up of my design.
Everything is hand-drawn except for the flap typography.
Enjoy.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
A Tale of Two Cities
Furthering my career as "the guy who designs books you can't buy", I present you with A Tale of Two Cities. In response to Oprah choosing this classic Dickens novel as her last book pick, Penguin put several of its designers to work coming up with come cover designs for it. A lot of beautiful work was done, but in the end Oprah decided to combine this edition with Great Expectations, and the whole thing was designed brilliantly by Gregg Kulick.
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Although the final redesign has its merits, I gotta say I would've loved to see/buy this one! Love the interior flaps & typography! Really nicely done.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the flaps make this a winner. But the final is very attractive too. I like the vintage tones of this one and the type is much more readable too. Hey, at least you can post it here, right? ;)
ReplyDeleteExquisite stuff!
ReplyDeleteA Tale of Two Cities has been a favorite of mine since middle school, I just wish I could have a copy as gorgeous as this~
ReplyDeletei love your work! i even got 'the pen is mightier than the sword' artwork tattooed in my arm ;) so awesome.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone!
ReplyDeleteAnd wow Sabrina, do you have a picture of that?