One of my favorite books of the decade is カバー、おかけしますか?―本屋さんのブックカバー集
(Would you like me to put on a cover? A Collection of Bookstore Book Covers). So in the spirit of the book, I offer you a set of downloadable pdf book covers. They are reinterpreted patterns of the 1950s in A3 format for you to print and hide that naughty title you are reading on the train.
Ian Lynam is a graphic designer living in Tokyo and the art director of Neojaponisme. His website is located at
ianlynam.com. His new book,
Parallel Strokes, on the intersection of graffiti and typography is available now.
Posted in Design 7 Comments »
October 5, 2007 at 9:54 am
Thanks! I’ll use this for my copy of The Dignity of the Nation.
October 5, 2007 at 2:17 pm
very nice!
though the last 2 feel a bit unfinished
October 5, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Interesting…nice covers ;)
October 5, 2007 at 10:55 pm
thank you kindly. these have a groovy tenugui feel.
[perfect for covering my copy of MK. whoops! backsliding into neomarxisme tone. pardon me!]
November 16, 2007 at 10:33 am
Hey…the “pdf” link connects to some random magazine cover of the rapper T.I. Any chance you could get this fixed because I remember thinking the covers were rad but couldn’t print them at the time. Thanks.
November 16, 2007 at 10:48 am
I fixed the problem. Sorry about that.
November 19, 2007 at 2:43 pm
cool. thanks a lot.