One of our favorite book jacket designers,
Peter Mendelsund (who is also the associate art director at Knopf and the art director proper of Pantheon), was recently charged with creating a series of cohesive covers for Schocken’s (part of Pantheon) backlist of Kafka books. Mendelsund, by his own account, has always wanted to design for Kafka, and his love of Mr. K’s works is evident in his meticulous artwork. The covers are playful and serious at once, able to convey all of Kafka’s strangeness, humor, and severity in seemingly simple designs. The new designs will begin appearing on paperbacks early this summer, so keep an eye on the backpacks of any thoughtful college students you know. Click through for our favorites and some of Mendelsund’s musings on the man."
"New Kafka Book Covers by Peter Mendelsund
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