For the most part, graphic design was held in high esteem, considered an integral part of the evolving welfare state and in the identity of Britain in what quickly became the post-colonial era. The ...

Book design has become more important than ever – but what makes an iconic jacket, asks Clare Thorp. A pair of eyes and red lips floating in a midnight sky above the bright lights of New York on ...

When a book is already much loved, any new design runs the risk of ruffling some feathers. In 2013, Faber published a 50th-anniversary edition of The Bell Jar that featured an illustration of a ...

I've been charged with solving a problem and when I feel like I've solved it, then I show it. And then when I have something that I think does the job that it's supposed to be doing, I'll show it ...

He created the iconic cover for 'Jurassic Park', James Ellroy calls him the 'world's greatest book-jacket designer' and Oliver Sacks always insists on using him. Meet Chip Kidd, the rock star of ...

Their cover was just a pink card with bits of yellow newspaper stuck to it. I was used to spending $50,000 on an album cover, but revolution was in the air.

The design featured at least one small victory against the obvious: the bright yellow backdrop. "Up until that point, I would defy you to find a dark gothic thriller with a day-glow cover," he says.

The book – with David Pearson cover and Kerr Noble editorial design intact – tackles the messy, confusing and prolific graphic design scene of the 1980s and 1990s. It aims, in the words of Poynor, to ...