The winners for the Penguin Design Award for 2009 was announced recently. The brief was to design a new cover for The Secret History by Donna Tartt, giving the cult classic "a fresh new look...to bring it to a new generation of readers."
First prize went to Peter Adlington from Stockport College
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...and second prize to Jia Ying Gnoh from Staffordshire University.
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This link showcases the winners and the shortlisted entries. Do have a browse through, each one of them is a work of art.
1 comment:
Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder. I like many of the shortlisted ones better, particularly Kyle Bean's. The winning cover looks so much like these old 70's book covers that I'm not sure how it appeals to a new generation. But of course that is just me. I'm such a fan of my original hardback version of this that no book cover is going to compete with that one for me.
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