People of a certain age probably have art by George Corsillo in their homes — a copy of Larry McMurtry’s “Lonesome Dove,” Bret Easton Ellis’ “Less Than Zero” or Bob Woodward’s “Wired.” Or perhaps an ...

Bacon was known for pioneering what the publishing industry calls the Big Book Look: hardcovers meant for the bestseller’s list with big, bold titles and quasi-abstract designs that synthesized the ...

Jens Müller, author of History of Graphic Design. Vol. 1, 1890–1959, offers up a selection of hidden gems in his remarkable new book. This guy started it all. Jules Chéret was not only a brilliant ...

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She was in the vanguard of female designers who looked to the past to upend the cool modernism of the ’70s with a style that became prominent in the ’80s. By Penelope Green Carin Goldberg, a ...

Our series “How I became a …” digs into the stories of accomplished and influential people, finding out how they got to where they are in their careers. Editor’s note: This interview has been edited ...

You’ve probably heard the phrase "you can't judge a book by its cover" enough times to believe it’s true. But Jessica Helfand says it's nonsense. “At the end of the day, a book is a visual object,” ...