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About the Author
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Steven Heller is the cofounder and the cochair of the MFA Designer as
Author program at the School of Visual Arts. He writes the Visuals
column for the New York Times Book Review and the Graphic Content
blog for T-Style; is editor of AIGA Voice; and is a contributor to Design Observer. He is the author, coauthor, and/or editor of more
than 120 books on design and popular culture, including the forthcoming
New Ornamental Type (Thames and Hudson). More information can be found at his homepage.
See all Daily Heller posts here.
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New Covers for Old Books
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by Steven Heller
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Sometimes surfing the net results in pleasant surprises. Today's is a collection of book covers by Mikey Burton that are among the most eye-catching I've seen in a long time. Given that books like Animal Farm and To Kill a Mockingbird have already been designed by some of the greats, these are fresh and inspiring.
About his project, Burton told me: "The whole reasoning behind my project was simply to get young adults interested in reading. By pairing this edgy illustrative style (strongly influenced by rock/movie poster art) with books questioning authority, it's supposed to make reading (for lack of a better word) cool. Also, by making a cohesive set, young adults will keep reading these classic titles, and hopefully feel like they are part of a bigger group. Harry Potter readers shouldn't be the only ones having fun."
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Reader Comments
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wow these are fantastic. i stumbled across mikey's work a few weeks ago and i don't think i saw these–i've read most of these and want to buy them just for the covers! great work.
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By
rob45degrees
October 27, 2009
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correction WOULD want to buy these.
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rob45degrees
October 27, 2009
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Thank you so much for the post!
Best,
Mikey
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mikeyburton
October 27, 2009
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These are brilliant! Somehow I missed them until now even though we know Mikey very well and work with him often. Maybe that is the reason and I should dig deeper into his portfolio. Thanks!
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CrankyPressman
October 28, 2009
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