15 Beautiful and Creative Book Covers
Before the early nineteenth century, books were hand-bound using heavy materials such as wood, leather, gold, silver, and jewels. Over the centuries, bookbinding has always served as a protection to expensively printed or hand-made pages and as embellishments tribute to the cultural authorities.
Other than the two most common covers; hardcovers and paperbacks, there are many other alternatives and additions, such as dust jackets, ring-binding and out-dated forms such as the nineteenth-century "paper-boards" and the even more antiquated hand-binding.
It is often said; don’t judge a book by its cover, but in this case, the opposite appears to be more true. It is not often that we would see book covers made of wood or imprinted with real-life objects appearing to be part of the book itself, but many have decided to showcase their talent through these beautiful artworks we have below today.
Clarendon Books 2
Two Clarendon-type specimen books; one with cocobolo cover & the other with bloodwood covers.
Source: andymangold
Adidas Def Jam Collaboration Book
This is a lookbook created in collaboration with Adidas and Roundhouse Media.
Source: Dan Kinto
Rodrigo Munoz Avia
Book cover design of a newly bought button-up shirt printed as its cover.
Source: Tomato Kosir
Capas Prateadas
Simple envelope-like design.
Source: Zoopress studio
What To Read Now, July 13, 2009
The first image is the subscribers’ edition cover. The second is the original composition. The third is the newsstand edition.
Source: Newsweek
Magic 105.4
The packaging and book design combined Magic FM branding with the look and feel of a luxury travel guide.
Source: Jason McReynolds
i am
"I am" is an image and text combination and compilation of self-descriptions from the profile pages of people online.
Source: palindromenoise
MDF
MDF is a 25cm x 17.5cm cardboard cover design.
Source: Zoopress studio
Mini album
Source: Zoopress studio
Model Book
A book on the photography of the fashion french photographer Gerard Uferas.
Source: artdude85
Quantum of Solace
An enveloped style design against a grey background – evoking a top-secret feel to it.
Source: Jason Kottke
Solex Typeface Specimen Book
A type specimen book on Emigre Foundry’s "Solex" typeface family designed with the professional-looking concept of espionage.
Source: aphoticdesigner
The Oil
An interesting yet simple design.
Source: Alexey Maslov
Ultimas encomendas antes da licenca maternidade
(Source:Zoopress Studio
Wooden Celtic Book
A hardcover 1/8 letter size book, wood-burned with Celtic designs.
Source: yagarasu
