{"coins-de-rues-pyramides-n-y-1978-79-street-corners-pyramids":{"t":"Coins de rues (Pyramides) \u2013 N.Y. 1978\/79 \u2013 Street Corners (Pyramids)","r":"Micah Lexier","i":"CoinsDeRuesPyramides.png","w":1.05,"c":"#b56912","q":"\u2018What\u2019s strange is that the cover does not seem to be related to the contents of the book\u2019"},"the-odyssey-of-homer":{"t":"The Odyssey of Homer","r":"Marigold Atkey","i":"TheOdysseyOfHomerFront.png","w":0.44,"c":"#0f7d99","q":"\u2018It trusts the reader to push the door and step through with their own imagination\u2019"},"the-wisdom-of-the-heart":{"t":"The Wisdom of the Heart","r":"Linda Huang","i":"TheWisdomOfTheHeartFront.png","w":0.57,"c":"#db043d","q":"\u2018The stark image is not conventionally pretty, but the juxtaposition creates an unexpected and witty visual pun\u2019"},"22-jonge-zwitsers":{"t":"22 jonge Zwitsers","r":"Joost Grootens","i":"22-jonge-Zwitsers-SMA-458_front-cover.png","w":1.03,"c":"#84817d","q":"\u2018This is not a cover designed by committee because none of its decisions could be justified in a committee setting\u2019"},"sera-sandesh":{"t":"Sera Sandesh","r":"Kimya Gandhi","i":"SeraSandesh2.png","w":1.1,"c":"#358acc","q":"\u2018unique yet familiar, sometimes understated, sometimes striking, but always capable of evoking joy\u2019"},"hon-en-historia":{"t":"Hon \u2013 en Historia","r":"Kajsa St\u00e5hl","i":"Cover-only-LargeFront3.png","w":1.5,"c":"#c452a2","q":"\u2018The sculpture and its life cycle is consecrated \u201cforever\u201d but\u00a0reproduced on newsprint, an ephemeral material\u2019"},"brian":{"t":"bRIAN","r":"Fraser Muggeridge","i":"bRIANFront.png","w":1.05,"c":"#2d913f","q":"\u2018The democracy of the cover design means it\u2019s not just one student featured on the cover, but all of them\u2019"},"schatten-schatten":{"t":"Schatten, Schatten","r":"Jumping He","i":"SchattenSchattenFront3.png","w":0.65,"c":"#4d099b","q":"\u2018the book has a simple, subdued beauty, achieved through the exclusive use of black ink in its printing\u2019"},"the-unsophisticated-arts":{"t":"The Unsophisticated Arts","r":"Erik van Blokland","i":"TheUnsophisticatedArtsFront2.png","w":1.05,"c":"#d34030","q":"\u2018One punch and I\u2019m out. A clear victory for artist and author Barbara Jones.\u2019"},"incontrarsi-e-dirsi-addio":{"t":"Incontrarsi e dirsi addio","r":"Livia Satriano","i":"IncontrarsiEDirsiAddioFront.png","w":0.52,"c":"#e5b300","q":"\u2018I\u2019m fascinated by how the package so neatly describes its content in words, just like a can of Heinz Beans or Campbell\u2019s Soup\u2019"},"notes-of-a-dirty-old-man":{"t":"Notes of a Dirty Old Man","r":"Javier Ja\u00e9n","i":"NotesOfADirtyOldManSpine4.png","w":0.6,"c":"#d37000","q":"\u2018Everything is the correct size and shape; if it were different, it wouldn\u2019t work\u2019"},"the-jon-pertwee-book-of-monsters":{"t":"The\u00a0Jon Pertwee Book of Monsters","r":"Joe McLaren","i":"TheJonPertweeBookOfMonstersFront3.png","w":0.42,"c":"#d63c31","q":"\u2018Like all the monsters in my favourite low budget films and TV shows from the distant past, this one is at once sinister, tragic and a little bit hilarious\u2019"},"a-wander-in-the-woods":{"t":"A Wander in the Woods","r":"Tree Abraham","i":"AWanderintheWoods.jpeg","w":0.5,"c":"#023f7c","q":"\u2018I like an opaque presentation, nothing transportive or overly trendy in type or image style\u2019"},"the-time-machine":{"t":"The Time Machine","r":"Jonathan Barnbrook","i":"TheTimeMachineCover.png","w":0.4,"c":"#7f2f2f","q":"\u2018I don\u2019t like design that refuses to acknowledge its own lifespan or history\u2019"},"gargoyle-cartoons":{"t":"Gargoyle Cartoons","r":"Timothy Donaldson","i":"GargoyleCartoonsFront.png","w":0.65,"c":"#d1542e","q":"\u2018I enjoy a bit of contradiction, and so I like that the man is handsome enough to not be a gargoyle and is clearly not a cartoon\u2019"},"the-chrysalids":{"t":"The Chrysalids","r":"Thomas Sharp","i":"TheChrysalidsFront2.png","w":0.43,"c":"#9e1778","q":"\u2018I admire our cover artist, Bryan Kneale, for ignoring the fact that Sophie\u2019s genetic anomaly is on her foot\u2019"},"lyrics-on-several-occasions":{"t":"Lyrics on Several Occasions","r":"Nick Asbury","i":"LyricsOnSeveralOccasionsFront2.png","w":0.65,"c":"#005ac1","q":"\u2018The elevated, bookish tone is an ironic defence mechanism\u2019"},"fragments-held-in-store":{"t":"Fragments Held In Store","r":"Ceara Elliot","i":"FragmentsHeldInStoreFront3.png","w":0.5,"c":"#cc5f00","q":"\u2018the black-and-white cover feels appropriate and deliberate\u2019"},"camera-arhiva":{"t":"Camera Arhiva","r":"Ca\u0306ta\u0306lina Zlotea","i":"CameraArhivaFront.png","w":1.12,"c":"#a3108f","q":"\u2018This is not a catalogue. In fact, it makes a point of not giving a damn about how the images are reproduced.\u2019"},"pier-luigi-nervi":{"t":"Pier Luigi Nervi","r":"Luca Pitoni","i":"MaestriArchitettura_04Front.png","w":0.9,"c":"#1f8232","q":"\u2018Anita Klinz is one of the most underrated Italian graphic designers and almost an unknown\u00a0name outside of her native country\u2019"},"the-creep":{"t":"The Creep","r":"Michael Russem","i":"TheCreepFront.png","w":0.5,"c":"#7d7f77","q":"\u2018Everything about them is wrong \u2013\u00a0which is why they are so right\u2019"},"unjustified-texts":{"t":"Unjustified texts","r":"Kris Sowersby","i":"UnjustifiedTextsFront.png","w":0.55,"c":"#6d6c47","q":"\u2018There\u2019s an immediate typographic resonance, a sense that a single idea has governed the entire volume\u2019"},"why-you-should-be-a-socialist":{"t":"Why You Should Be a Socialist","r":"Becky Stocks","i":"WhyYouShouldBeASocialist.png","w":0.48,"c":"#911d62","q":"\u2018it badgers me and makes me want to not be a socialist, on principle\u2019"},"dear-zoo":{"t":"Dear Zoo","r":"Matt Curtis","i":"DearZooFront.png","w":0.18,"c":"#ef5a23","q":"\u2018The animals are a little bit dorky and aloof like your dad drew them\u2019"},"the-complete-nonsense-of-edward-lear":{"t":"The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear","r":"Andy Altmann","i":"TheCompleteNonsenseOfEdwardLearFront.png","w":0.62,"c":"#d14e2e","q":"\u2018I love the word\u00a0nonsense\u00a0and everything associated with it\u2019"},"first-love-last-rites":{"t":"First Love, Last Rites","r":"Catherine Dixon","i":"FirstLoveLastRitesFront2.png","w":0.4,"c":"#357fe0","q":"\u2018There are so few clues, yet the more you read, the more resonant the cover becomes\u2019"},"seize-the-time":{"t":"Seize the Time","r":"Jodi Hunt","i":"SeizeTheTimeFront7.png","w":0.35,"c":"#ed1717","q":"\u2018Give me a tight crop and two colours any day of the week\u2019"},"juan-salvador-gaviota":{"t":"Juan Salvador Gaviota","r":"Pablo Delc\u00e1n","i":"JuanSalvadorGaviotaFront.png","w":0.6,"c":"#e8a520","q":"\u2018I\u2019ve never gotten bored of it because it was always boring\u2019"},"the-unusual-life-of-tristan-smith":{"t":"The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith","r":"Marian Bantjes","i":"TheUnusualLifeOfTristanSmithFront2.png","w":0.5,"c":"#440260","q":"\u2018I was awestruck by it. I had never seen anything so odd, so weird, so unnervingly compelling.\u2019"},"how-the-mouse-was-hit-on-the-head-by-a-stone-and-so-discovered-the-world":{"t":"How the Mouse Was Hit on the Head by a Stone and So Discovered the World","r":"Astrid Stavro","i":"HOWFront2.png","w":1.2,"c":"#f23737","q":"\u2018It encapsulates the things I love: a lengthy title, large type and a clever, playful typographic concept\u2019"},"where-the-sidewalk-ends":{"t":"Where the Sidewalk Ends","r":"Miho Aishima","i":"WhereTheSidewalkEndsFront.png","w":1,"c":"#7f7f7f","q":"\u2018Every day, from morning until night, the\u00a0suburbs were filled with the sound of the laughter of\u00a0every\u00a0kid from every\u00a0house. Well, almost every house.\u2019"},"murder-off-miami":{"t":"Murder Off Miami","r":"Graham Rawle","i":"MURDER-OFF-MIAMI-COVER-19365.png","w":1.4,"c":"#d31f1f","q":"\u2018The book is presented as a crime dossier: police reports, handwritten letters, photographs, newspaper cuttings \u2013 collected in a folder and tied with red ribbon\u2019"},"plats-du-jour-or-foreign-food":{"t":"Plats du Jour or Foreign Food","r":"Jo Walker","i":"PlatsDuJourOrForeignFoodFront.png","w":0.25,"c":"#dd6a89","q":"\u2018Everything about this cover is beautiful. It draws you in and the placement of all the copy on plates just makes you smile.\u2019"},"waterland":{"t":"Waterland","r":"Stanley Donwood","i":"WaterlandFrontCover2.png","w":0.33,"c":"#54531f","q":"\u2018There were definitely no skinheads or rats with a craving for human flesh\u2019"},"mitkey-astromouse":{"t":"Mitkey Astromouse","r":"Erik Carter","i":"MitkeyAstromouseFrontCover3.png","w":1.15,"c":"#295cb5","q":"\u2018While the cover is an absolute failure of marketing, it\u2019s an absolute triumph of aesthetics and form\u2019"},"akroasis":{"t":"Akr\u00f3asis","r":"Paul Barnes","i":"AkroasisFrontCover.png","w":0.55,"c":"#b79922","q":"\u2018Until this moment I had never considered the physicality of a book for reading\u2019"},"the-left-hand-of-darkness":{"t":"The Left Hand of Darkness","r":"W. H. Chong","i":"LeGuin_TheLeftHandofDarkness.png","w":0.35,"c":"#2069c9","q":"\u2018\u201cBad taste is real taste, of course, and good taste is the residue of someone else\u2019s privilege\u201d\u2019"},"joby":{"t":"Joby","r":"Mike Dempsey","i":"JobyFrontCover3.png","w":0.5,"c":"#d63131","q":"\u2018I carefully removed it from the library book to add to my growing collection of \u201cliberated\u201d book jackets\u2019"},"chipmunks-as-pets":{"t":"Chipmunks \u2026 as Pets","r":"Wilfrid Wood","i":"ChipmunksAsPetsFrontCover2.png","w":0.55,"c":"#c1422e","q":"\u2018Since I had known nothing\u00a0different I was immune to the smell of stagnant water and terrapin faeces\u2019"},"a-collection-of-poems-by-oh-kyu-won":{"t":"A Collection of Poems by Oh Kyu-Won","r":"Oh Jin","i":"ACollectionOfPoemsByOhKyu-WonFrontCover3.png","w":0.55,"c":"#ad2727","q":"\u2018It feels like the author\u2019s voice and the publisher\u2019s voice have disappeared, leaving only the voice of the book itself\u2019"},"invisible-man":{"t":"Invisible Man","r":"Nina St\u00f6ssinger","i":"InvisibleManFrontCover.png","w":0.35,"c":"#60a515","q":"\u2018lettering so good it takes my breath away: elastic, alive, sharply executed, aware of context and space and composition\u2019"},"jaws":{"t":"Jaws","r":"Ami Smithson","i":"JawsFrontCover.png","w":0.33,"c":"#0082aa","q":"\u2018It\u2019s a truth universally acknowledged that girls under the age of thirteen gravitate towards risqu\u00e9 book and record covers at second-hand book stalls\u2019"},"the-secret-of-chimneys":{"t":"The Secret of Chimneys","r":"Jamie Keenan","i":"TheSecretOfChimneys2.png","w":0.93,"c":"#08917f","q":"\u2018The Collected Plays of Emlyn Williams now included the plays \u201cKnickers Must Fall\u201d and \u201cFucked by Monty\u201d\u2019"},"robinson-in-space":{"t":"Robinson in Space","r":"Owen Hatherley","i":"RobinsonInSpaceFrontCover2.png","w":0.65,"c":"#5e683a","q":"\u2018I do like the way that a good organised set of books under a theme or idea will spark a particular way of seeing\u2019"},"the-franchiser":{"t":"The Franchiser","r":"John Gall","i":"TheFranchiserFrontCover5.png","w":0.48,"c":"#f72900","q":"\u2018This could have come out of a modern day \u201ccritical design\u201d program, except that it\u2019s playful, inventive and FUN\u2019"},"sex":{"t":"Sex","r":"Richard Turley","i":"SexFrontCover.png","w":1.4,"c":"#7f7f7f","q":"\u2018We are multi-sensory monsters who pick up cues everywhere as we bulldoze our way through the\u00a0world,\u00a0and the best book covers \u2013 and all the best art and design \u2013 plays with those senses\u2019"},"inorganic-chemistry":{"t":"Inorganic Chemistry","r":"Krista Radoeva","i":"InorganicChemistryFrontCover5.png","w":0.6,"c":"#4a8687","q":"\u2018Inorganic Chemistry is one of many extremely uninteresting heavy books that I used to play with as a child\u2019"},"the-house-of-gair":{"t":"The House of Gair","r":"Jenny Grigg","i":"TheHouseOfGairFrontCover2.png","w":0.33,"c":"#568956","q":"\u2018Tisdall\u2019s covers serve to remind us of how little graphic design needs to do to be effective\u2019"},"specimen-days":{"t":"Specimen Days","r":"Elaine Ramos","i":"SpecimenDaysFrontCover.png","w":0.35,"c":"#7f7f7f","q":"\u2018Books like this demand a subtle balance between sobriety, elegance and the need to be noticed\u2019"},"its-like-this-cat":{"t":"It\u2019s Like This, Cat","r":"Gail Anderson","i":"ItsLikeThisCatFrontCover.png","w":0.2,"c":"#e2531f","q":"\u2018Could I have a crush on a fictional character based on a book cover? Yes.\u2019"},"conversations-with-film-makers":{"t":"Conversations with Film-Makers","r":"Rick Poynor","i":"ConversationsWithFilm-MakersFrontCover3.png","w":1,"c":"#7f7f7f","q":"\u2018The stark, tabloid punchiness of the design is both journalistic in spirit and fully in keeping with an era of low-budget film-making\u2019"},"the-ice-palace":{"t":"The Ice Palace","r":"Max Porter","i":"Unknown.jpg","w":0.3,"c":"#179ec6","q":"\u2018No photographic element, no landscape, no collaged clash of pictorial registers, just the human figure reduced to a sign\u2019"},"the-trial":{"t":"The Trial","r":"Jill Gage","i":"TheTrialHomepage4.png","w":0.7,"c":"#af5e49","q":"\u2018Salter believed that text was part of an image, not distinct from it\u2019"}}