Roadmap: Calvino – Jack Smyth
“Designing a cover for one of your favourite authors is always tricky, and designing 32 of them is almost impossible. My approach was simplicity – keep the type set, let…
Jacket and Spine: Fiachra McCarthy
"I think all those years of magazine design were like layout bootcamp for me. You have to work so quickly and to such tight deadlines that it really hones your…
Jacket and Spine – Anna Morrisson
“I love trying to interpret imagery in abstract way, having a cover that lures a reader to pick it up and make it stand out in a bookshop.” – Anna…
Jacket And Spine: Jack Smyth
What does it take to design a book cover? We talk to five of our favourite Irish book designers based in Ireland, the UK and US to find out why…
Our September issue is out now…
It’s been a delight to discover the modus operandi of some of our main book cover designers in this edition. They are based in Dublin, Kerry, London and New York…