Penguin Great Loves series
Penguin has recently published 20 titles under the series title "Great Loves." I've posted 6 of my favorites here; check them all out at the Penguin site. Out of the 20, there's only about 2 or 3 that appear to lie just a bit outside the style and feel of the whole series; that the one that seems farthest away from the rest (the Freud title) is called "Deviant Love" makes me smile.
A really cool bonus: Penguin designer David Pearson describes one of the production processes employed in the creation of these covers. Fantastic stuff.
There's a little bit more information over at the Penguin blog.
Lastly, are those two penguins at the top, leaning in to kiss each other?
10 comments:
I really like them, up until the last. It seems... phallic?
It's Freud. That's the point.
I'm rather disappointed. The cover of Eros Unbound looks like the mangled product of a Photoshop tutorial.
Raabia: It certainly might not the strongest in the bunch. As a whole, though, do you think the bunch is pretty good? I do.
The Kierkegaard cover is beautiful. I have too many books anyway, but if I had more money I'd definitely pick up a copy.
Also, whilst I'm here, I'd like to say how much fun this site is; I only discovered it via kottke a few days ago, and I've worked through the entire archives. Great work!
beautiful as a product set; some stronger than others.
yeah, these are nice. You really can't go wrong with covers like this. Very safe. Simple concepts. As a group these series that Penguin does every now and then are strong and dynamic. Alone, they crave the rest of the series. I think that is the idea. You want the whole damn thing...
The covers are lovely but forgettable– barring the kissing penguins.. they are great!
I really liked them, they have a handmade quality about them, and the project it's really concise:)
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