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BE CURIOUS*
SHOW UP and CARE*
OPTIMISIM*
MASTER THE DETAILS*
Pick a Bruce Mau Montra for the project.

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WHO ELSE? KEEP A LIST. ADD TO IT EVERY WEEK!

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Past Student BookJacket Examples
Finals and Process Books (dropbox download)

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Collections
Bookcover Archive
AIGA 50 Books and Covers Archive
50 covers to inspire

Posters vs BookCovers

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Designers
Chip Kidd: Tips on Design | the art of first impressions | art of book covers
John Gail
Peter Mendelsund
Christopher Brand

Watch: Random House Video

Awesome http://mikemcquade.com/

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Visual Research Prompts
Circus Typography
Vintage Typography
Store Front Typography
Torn Poster Typography
TM-research-archive
Collage of image and typography

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Visual Research Prompts : Artist Reps
Sometimes the best way to find great photography is to look at portfolios or reps of photographers. Don't just google, fliker... check these out and start saving your own list...
*credit the source!

MagnumPhotos.com
Bransch
Lebook.com
Reneerhyner.com
Fredrikbroden.com
Art-Dept.com
BA-reps.com
BigActive.com
Wearecasey.com

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Design History 
40 crucial lessons
Watch: Design History as a Model for Contemporary Practice
History of Graphic Design
Thinking Form

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_ watch Chip Kidd
1) “A book cover is a distillation.” It’s a “haiku” of the story. Ask yourself this question, “What do the stories look like?”

(2) “Once the book designer has read the text, then he has to be an interpreter and a translator.”

(3) Finished books need a “face”–the book cover provides a first impression on what the reader “is about to get into. A book designer gives form to content.”

(4) “The book designer’s responsibility is three-fold: to the reader, to the publisher and most of all, to the author.”

(5) “Even though we love publishing as an art, we very much know it’s a business too. And that if we do our jobs right and get a little lucky, that great art can be great business.”