Beautiful Books
Eight books that prove a cover can be an object in its own right.
A closer look
A book begins before the first page.
It begins with weight, cloth, foil, paper, type, color, and the way an image meets an edge.
This edition does not argue for one definition of a beautiful book. It places eight different answers next to one another: restrained and loud, tactile and photographic, typographic and illustrated.
References & credits
- 01Oikos — An Ode to Food, Family & Friends
Author: Theo Papouis · Design: Seachange · Image: Unknown
- 02Type 7 Volume 4: Team Ikuzawa Edition
Design and publication: ERG Media · Created with Team Ikuzawa and House Industries · 2023
- 03Kustaa Saksi: Cosmos
Artist: Kustaa Saksi · Publisher: Garret Publications · Book photography: Jussi Puikkonen · 2023
- 04Damien Hirst: Cherry Blossoms
Artist: Damien Hirst · Book design: Atelier Dyakova · Publisher: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain · 2021
- 05Hey: Design & Illustration, Second Edition
Design: Jon Dowling and Céline Leterme · Publisher: Counter-Print · 2021 · Image: Unknown
- 06Studio Ashby: Home Art Soul
Author: Sophie Ashby · Publisher: Rizzoli · 2024 · Image: Unknown
- 07The Creative Pragmatist, Second Edition
Author and illustrator: Amy Smilovic · Book design and typesetting: Colleen Rose for Tibi · 2024 · Image: Unknown
- 08The Sun Also Rises
Author: Ernest Hemingway · Folio Society edition · Edition design and image: Unknown