Insights on book cover design from Jack Smyth
Fresh from designing the covers for a set of 32 titles by Italo Calvino, Smyth offers his insights into the unique challenges in designing for a series
Book cover designs of the year 2022
Editor and writer Mark Sinclair picks his favourite book cover designs of this year, plus opens with a few reflections on industry trends that have emerged in 2022
The best book covers of the year 2021
Writer and editor Mark Sinclair returns to give us his verdict on the best book cover designs of 2021. But he opens this year’s review with a serious plea to publishers
The art of internet humour
Online comedy was already on the rise before the pandemic, but has since skyrocketed. Here, Mark Sinclair examines what kind of writing works best in the online space, plus how brands can get in on the act
The best book cover designs of 2020
Mark Sinclair, senior editor at Unit Editions, shares his favourite ten book covers of the year with us, which have emerged as the book world has buffeted the challenges (and opportunities) presented by the coronavirus pandemic
Accidental Type Tales
Look at Instagram and you’ll discover a growing interest by designers in unique typefaces, which have been changed or created by time or the weather. Mark Sinclair investigates the trend for CR
On the influence of Asterix
Last week saw the death of Albert Uderzo, who, alongside René Goscinny, created the stories of Asterix the Gaul. Here, Mark Sinclair explores Uderzo and Goscinny’s remarkable creative collaboration and the influence it has had on generations of creatives
Documenting the now
A lack of commissioners and outlets for documentary photography has meant that our habit of recording everyday life has diminished. Yet a regular supply of indie mags and Instagram accounts are keeping the medium alive: here, we examine a changing scene
Peter van Agtmael – Seeing in the dark
An enthralling new photobook, Buzzing at the Sill, considers America in the wake of its most recent wars
Eduardo Paolozzi: A man of ceaseless creativity
A major new retrospective at the Whitechapel Gallery, which opened this week, celebrates the varied and experimental work of Eduardo Paolozzi
Inside La La Land
La La Land, Damien Chazelle’s romantic musical, has picked up rave reviews from critics and is sweeping the board at awards shows. Over six years in the making, the film stays true to Chazelle’s vision as conceived while he was at college at Harvard. We hear from producer Marc Platt and music director Marius de Vries about how it was made.
Geometry Club: an Instagram feed of perfectly aligned architectural photos
Instagram account Geometry Club collates symmetrical photographs of buildings shot from a single perspective. We speak to its creator, Dave Mullen, about how the project got started