{"id":900,"date":"2020-01-16T19:59:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T19:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/universitypress\/?p=900"},"modified":"2020-01-16T19:59:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T19:59:36","slug":"10-outstanding-covers-from-the-aupresses-book-jacket-and-journal-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/universitypress\/2020\/01\/16\/10-outstanding-covers-from-the-aupresses-book-jacket-and-journal-show\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Outstanding Covers from the AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a guest post by Drohan DiSanto, designer at Vanderbilt University Press, exploring ten outstanding book covers from the Association of University Presses’ 2019 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show<\/a>. Vanderbilt UP is currently hosting the traveling Book, Jacket, and Journal Show exhibit on Vanderbilt’s campus, in the Vanderbilt Libraries Special Collections exhibit space at 419 21st Avenue South in Nashville, through January 20.
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Since 1965, the AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show has fulfilled its mission to “honor and instruct”: honoring the design and production teams whose work furthers a long tradition of excellence in book design, and\u2014through the traveling exhibit and an acclaimed annual catalog of selected entries\u2014visually teaching the tenets of good design.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The annual Book, Jacket, and Journal Show exhibit premieres at the AUPresses Annual Meeting, then begins traveling to exhibits around North America\u2014and sometimes around the globe. The 2019 show exhibit is available\u2014beginning in September 2019 and running through July 2020\u2014at forty host presses throughout North America. To view a full list of locations and dates for the traveling 2019 show, visit the AUPresses Design website<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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10 Outstanding Covers from the 2019 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show<\/strong>
\nby Drohan DiSanto, Designer at Vanderbilt UP<\/p>\n

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  1. <\/a>S\u00e3o Paulo: A Graphic Biography<\/em>
    \nFelipe Correa
    \nUniversity of Texas Press
    \nDesigners: Neil Donnelly and Ben Fehrman-Lee
    \nFrom the typography to the substrate to the binding, the design of this book is exceptional. The pages are so flush with experimental zeal, navigating the book delights in ways you might not expect given the at times dry and data-heavy subject matter.<\/li>\n

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  2. <\/a>On Gravity: A Brief Tour of a Weighty Subject<\/em>
    \nA. Zee
    \nPrinceton University Press
    \nDesigner: Jason Alejandro
    \nThis seemingly effortless, yet assiduously spaced cover uses typography alone to both convey its message and set a playful tone. The cover has an affable, humorous mood not commonly associated with such a minimal approach\u2014sans serif, set all lowercase in black. The spot gloss on the letterforms really enhances the appeal of the cover.<\/li>\n

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  3. <\/a>Lola Alvarez Bravo: Picturing Mexico<\/em>
    \nStephanie Weissberg, editor
    \nYale University Press and Pulitzer Arts Foundation
    \nDesigners: Ryan Polich, Lucia | Marquand
    \nCover designer: Ryan Polich
    \nWhile both the typeface and cover photograph are in themselves beautiful and judiciously selected, the real triumph of this cover is the choice of cloth and binding. The grey and yellow cloth feels velvety without sliding under your hand, and the unique three-piece binding adds another level of visual and tactile interest.<\/li>\n

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  4. <\/a>Penis Envy: The Emotional Costs of Everyday Life<\/em>
    \nMari Ruti
    \nColumbia University Press
    \nDesigner: Julia Kushnirsky
    \nThis jacket design is amazing on several fronts: bold color, majestic typography, and brash humor. The combination of flamboyant, expressive type and simple, iconic imagery set to sumptuous color makes for one of this year\u2019s most memorable award-winners.<\/li>\n

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  5. <\/a>Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg<\/em>
    \nEli Maor
    \nPrinceton University Press
    \nDesigner: Chris Ferrante
    \nThis cover design is another instance in which the designer conveys the content and mood by as few means as possible: a strong typographic lock-up and an abstract illustration combine to both suggest the book\u2019s content as well as offer engaging visuals.<\/li>\n

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  6. The Future of Conservation in America: A Chart for Rough Waters<\/em>
    \n    <\/a>Gary E. Machlis and Jonathan B. Jarvis
    \nUniversity of Chicago Press
    \nDesigner: Jill Shimabukuro
    \nThe deceptively complicated type treatment is well matched to the stunning cover art and the content of this book. The rules, the color breaks, and the combination of slim sans-serif and bulky Egyptian faces establish the work as an authoritative reference as well as recall the design idioms that we associate with the National Parks\u2019 history.<\/li>\n

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  7. Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s\u2013Now<\/em>
    \n    <\/a>Mindy N. Besaw, Candice Hopkins, and Manuela Well-Off-Man
    \nUniversity of Arkansas Press
    \nDesigner: Erik Kiesewetter\/constance
    \nThis cover delivers a beautiful contrast of austere, International Style typography with lively, erratic color and texture. The contrast is not just visual: the transition from the smooth matte of the belly band to the mild coarseness of the cloth makes this sizeable volume a joy to hold as well as read.<\/li>\n

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  8. The Infinite Desire for Growth<\/em>
    \n    <\/a>Daniel Cohen
    \nPrinceton University Press
    \nDesigner: Faceout Studio, Derek Thornton
    \nSo much drama using so little. A limited color palette, centered all-caps text, and texture are enough to deliver a compelling and well-considered jacket.<\/li>\n

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  9. Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply<\/em>
    \nDawoud Bey
    \nUniversity of Texas Press
    \n    <\/a>Designer: Derek George
    \nThis simple yet powerful combination of beautiful black-and-white photography, limited contemporary type, and restrained use of color lends this entire work a sense of quiet intensity befitting the severity and timeliness of this retrospective of Bey\u2019s work.<\/li>\n

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  10. Night Moves<\/em>
    \nJessica Hopper
    \n    <\/a>University of Texas Press
    \nDesigner: Amanda Weiss
    \nThis cover sets the perfect tone for this book. The combination of the image of the blurred street scene and the hand lettering lends this cover an air of intimacy and playfulness that is wonderfully suited to this memoir and celebration of the author\u2019s experience in Chicago\u2019s nightlife.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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