Fully Booked - Interview with David Pearson and Jim Stoddart
October 20th, 2008
A nice short interview on Gestalten TV with David Pearson and Jim Stoddart, the Art Director at Penguin Books on the importance of the tactile experience of books.
http://www.gestalten.com/motion/clip?id=70
Fully Booked
Editors: R. Klanten, M. Hübner
Language: English
Release: May 2008 Available Soon!
Price: € 49,90 / $ 75,00 / £ 35,00
Format: 24 x 30 cm
Binding: 272 pages, full colour, hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-89955-209-6
“Many prophesied that the printed book would be doomed by developments in digital media. Far from it! The book has not only survived, but ‚Äì as tactile qualities have gained significance in our increasingly digital world ‚Äì there is also more unhindered experimentation with bound paper pages now than ever before.
The recently released Gestalten publication Fully Booked: Cover Art and Design for Books is devoted to current cover and book design. It presents material from printed publications that succeed in striking a crucial balance ‚Äì between the market‚Äôs demands for availability, legibility and durability on the one hand and sophisticated visual and content design on the other. To dig even further into the topic of book design and the future of THE book, we met qualified experts, designer David Pearson, whose work is also featured in Fully Booked and Jim Stoddart, the Art Director at Penguin Books.”
Fully Booked features my Jeff Death book cover series, published by Gestalten back in May.