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The Don Delilio covers by Picador are one of the few cases of minimalism done right.

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>> No.2747473

>minimalism

fuck off back to tumblr you sissy.

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>> No.2747482

>>2747473
When did I say I especially liked minimalism? Feel free to post any good cover art.

>> No.2747484

You're the first one to point these out op. You aren't easily impressed by novelty gags at all.

>> No.2747491
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I like it when the conveys something described in the book,, like in this case the disemboddies pair of eyes and lips that floats into gatsby's minfd

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>>2747467
>one of the few cases of minimalism done right
Pssh,

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>> No.2747494

>>2747488
Too heavy handed

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>> No.2747499

>>2747488
Res. Dogs is one of my favourite films, but I really dislike this cover.

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>mfw the book cuts the name in half

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>> No.2747502

>>2747494
Unlike all minimalism, which is just an excuse to be lazy and and hide behind solid colors and shapes. It's like flash animation.

>> No.2747510

>>2747505
Oh yeah, the best looking book on my bookshelf.

>> No.2747514
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What publisher is it that makes these covers? I've seen a few of them, 1984 has an eye and down an out has a cigarette. This one is quite obvious, but the others only make sense when viewed from afar.

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I like the ones with just the name and author

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>>2747514
I found it. Its a run of books that penguin made, but I can't find the name of the collection.

This one makes sense in the thumbnail, but when you have the book in front of you you cant see what it is without having the book at a distance.

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>>2747510
You need more books. My favorite minimalist covers is the Picador release of The Master and Margarita.

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>> No.2747540

>>2747537
Shttiest, most unimaginative covers ever.

>> No.2747541
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There are too many books lately with covers that are just photoshopped pictures of people. I like covers with illustrations.

>> No.2747544

>>2747540
Seconded

>> No.2747545

>>2747541
Do you know of any that have intricate designs like cartography, the Vitruvian man, Da Vinci's sketches, etc.? It would be interesting if the golden ratio was applied to cover design.

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>>2747527
Some of the Penguin collections:

1) Roald Dahl Collection.
2) Philip Marlowe Mysteries by Ramond Chandler.
3) Classic Boys’ Adventure.
4) James Bond Modern Classics by Ian Fleming.
5) The Nick Hornby Collection.
6) The Complete Cases of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.
7) Arabian Nights (ancient stories from Persia, India, & Arabia).
8) HG Wells Science Fiction Classics.
9) Gothic Classics: Tales of the Supernatural.
10) George Orwell & Shepard Fairey.
11) The Bill Amberg Collection (leather-bound, classic novels).
12) Charles Dickens Collection.
13) Jane Austen Red Classics.

>> No.2747553

>>2747548
The hell's up with those god-awful color schemes? They're offensive to my eyes. Books should be in neutral, light colors.

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>>2747545
I've seen books with old paintings used as their covers, but I can't say I've seen any books with original covers in that style or using the ratio.

Looking for the cover for the copy of Demian I bought and I found...this

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>>2747555
The one I have has this minimal design. I like it, the other one seems pretty interesting. They both relate to the symbolism

>> No.2747558

>>2747467
This is nice. Is it official or fan made?

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>>2747553
I don't know, I really like number 9
>9) Gothic Classics: Tales of the Supernatural.

I think I might order them. I have the whole discworld collection with the Josh Kirby covers, and think I might get a few more collections.

>> No.2747562

>>2747558
Official
http://www.picador.com/blogs/2011/3/Designing-Don-DeLillo

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>>2747560

>> No.2747566

>>2747555
Sort of like that. The symmetry's nice. I also have an inclination for books that use paintings as covers. For example the covers to Crime and Punishment, the painting of Franz Liszt for The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the cover of Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

>> No.2747568

>>2747560
Buying a collection would fuck everything up; I have all my books listed buy genre, then alphabetically.

>> No.2747571

>>2747467
On a side note, I just finished Underworld and loved it. Should I read Falling Man? It sounds interesting but I don't want to be disappointed.

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Not minimalism, but I love the jacket for Everyman's edition of C&P. Are all of their jackets designed like this? I've only bought this and a Camus book.

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I also quite like the Vintage covers of Bret Easton Ellis's Less Than Zero (the one with the hazy L.A. cityscape and the invisible lettering) and The Rules of Attraction (the corner of the bed).

>> No.2748830

>>2747580

Pretty much, some of them have different colours though

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>>2747580
Yeah, they're great. Too bad I hate keeping the jackets on hardcover books.

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any New Directions Press book

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>>2748902
my nigger. I love Vintage International

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>>2747505
>>2748828
>>2748902
>>2748912

All these. Beautiful.

I hate the Infinite Jest ones though.

Also Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

Also, Palahniuk's Rant

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I like these editions of McCarthy's books. You probably can't get them any more though?

>> No.2751278

>>2751245
Coincidence they look Faulkner-esque. I would bet not.

>> No.2751279

Out of interest OP, what are some of the cases you've come across of minimalism done wrong? Because I'd have thought it'd be a pretty fucking easy style to pull off...

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Vintage Books has a whole collection of really good covers for the books of Richard Yates.

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I like these. Ended up buying a few.
http://www.picador.com/Blogs/2012/1/Picador-40th-Anniversary

>> No.2751328

>>2751279
it's a style overblown with shit precisely BECAUSE of how simple it is. you can be lazy as you want and just pump out hundreds of minimalist pictures
http://blog.tompappalardo.com/?p=1782

>> No.2751326

>>2747505
>>2747501
>>2747580
>>2748872
>>2748902
>>2748908

Stellar.

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I reckon Routledge do the best covers. I have all their Jung collection, and it looks absolutely fantastic.

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>>2751344

>> No.2751366

>>2751328
meh, I tend to think minimalism is pretty much impossible to mess up. If you keep things simple you at least guarantee a sense of balance and impact. that's more than can be said for a lot of book art.
>mfw i love that heroes art with the yellow circle

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>>2751328

I couldn't agree with this guy more. It's so lazy.
You need to put some fucking effort into it.

Pic related is "minimalism done well" imo.

That and Saul Bass

>> No.2751371

>>2751369
>dat cross

Holy shit I hadn't noticed that until I saw the thumbnail. Nice.

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These Kafka covers are quite nice. From what I hear, though, the content inside is lacking. Not the stories themselves, but the translations/editions of them.

>> No.2751373

>>2751369
oh that is a very goo poster

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I like "academic" covers, like this

>> No.2751379

>>2751372
Eh. I think they're shit.

>> No.2751382

>>2751372

I hate them.

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I always liked the first edition of a clockwork orange

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How my translation looks.
Anything more than this is just a gimmick.

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

>> No.2751394

>>2751385
Looks like the fish face from spongebob.

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Here are some of my favourites.

>> No.2751423

>>2751412
Excellent taste.