Inside Random House: “The Art of Cover Design”
May 29th, 2013
Yesterday, as an ongoing part of their series of “Inside Random House” promotional videos, Random House Inc. posted a new feature story titled, “The Art of Cover Design” . Its main focus is about the creation and art direction of Book Jackets… and how they relate to both sales and the book author’s artistic vision.
The video features members of the Random House creative team who are very involved with the design of book covers, listed here in order of appearance:
Marysarah Quinn - Senior VP & Creative Director of Crown Publishing Group
Robbin Schiff - Executive Art Director of Random House Publishing Group
Chip Kidd - Associate Art Director at Knopf & Editor-At-Large of Graphic Novels at Pantheon
Peter Mendelsund - Associate Art Director at Knopf & Art Director at Pantheon
Christopher Brand - Art Director for Crown, Hogarth, and Broadway
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Tiffany said -
Really interesting video! I’m a student in a Publishing program in Toronto and I’ve been considering getting into cover design - this may have confirmed my decision, so thank you!
May 29, 2013 @ 2:25 pm •
anne said -
“It’s” should be “Its.” I know, no one knows the difference anymore, but can we try?
May 29, 2013 @ 2:35 pm •