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Penguin Books Poster

Re-interpreting the Penguin Publishing book design by Jan Tschichold, which revolutionized paper book design in the 20th century. The poster reflects different aspects of the book design, including page layouts, the cover, the editing marks that Tschichold made, the spine of the book, and text formatting.
 
While designing the poster, I decided to focus on the iconic cover design, mass production of pages, and the editing of the books. These some of the major changes to the book design that I found while researching.
Previous drafts of the poster.
Penguin Books Poster
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Penguin Books Poster

Poster created for History of Graphic Design (Fall 2014). Students were asked to research an assigned design milestone, write an essay on its sig Read More

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