DESIGN STUDY: PETER MENDELSUND'S KAFKA COVERS
Jul 27, 2015 · Recently, while discussing the literary magazine , The Modern Review, I started researching book cover designs and stumbled upon these great Kafka covers by Peter Mendelsund for Schocken Books, released in 2011.
The Metamorphosis - Wikipedia
One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. " monstrous vermin ") and struggles to adjust to this condition.
Peter Mendelsund and the Art of Metamorphosis
Jan 28, 2011 · The new covers, however, which focus on the humour in Kafka’s writing, move in a new direction and incorporate elements from the optimistic age of American mid-century modern design. Mendelsund’s use simple geometric shapes, flat colour backgrounds, and stripe patterns are typical of work by Paul Rand and Alvin Lustig .
New Kafka Book Covers by Peter Mendelsund - Flavorwire
Jan 29, 2011 · 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...
A Metamorphosis of THE METAMORPHOSIS: A Cover Design ... - BOOK …
Jun 3, 2016 · A round-up of cover designs and interpretations for Franz Kafka's THE METAMORPHOSIS.
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different book cover designs for Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” – …
As such, the following book cover design is a more open interpretation of Kafka’s intentions with Gregor’s metamorphosis. But there’s more to it than that. Mr. Jones goes on to quote translator Susan Bernofsky and her article from The New Yorker, “ On Translating Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis’ “:
Re-covering Kafka: an interview with Peter Mendelsund
Apr 19, 2011 · With his radical reinterpretations of Kafka covers for a new Schocken edition of the Prague-born writer’s works to begin coming out in June, Mendelsund delved deeper into his interest in Czech writers, composers and book cover designers as well as the stylistic similarities between Socialist realism and Hollywood publicity.
The WIP: The Metamorphosis Book Cover – Where Creativity Works
With my love for Franz Kafka’s book, “The Metamorphosis,” I describe my process in making an original book cover. I knew I needed black. The dark and eerie feeling of no light passing through gave inspiration to design this book cover of a psychological and philosophical masterpiece.
The Metamorphosis: Book Covers - Behance
Different approaches at a book cover for Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, using both traditional media and found images, for the workshop directed by Andrew Howard for the first year students of the MA in Communication Design, at ESAD Matosinhos.