Spine Magazine is an online publication devoted to book cover design and book culture. I linked to them back in 2022 when they featured a Vonnegut special, but they're worth checking out at the root url.
Plenty of interviews with designers, authors, and illustrators, and of course, lots of gorgeous book covers, including early drafts and alternates.
Vyki Hendy
Last year, Rotating Sandwiches took the top prize at the Tiny Awards. They're back for 2024 and nominations are open until June 23.
The Tiny Awards exist to 'celebrate people making stuff on the internet for the fun of it and the love of it and the hell of it." Their site is here:
You can view all of last year's nominees in this Google Doc and visit winner, Rotating Sandwiches, below.
Dead simple, drag & drop websites for anything can be created using mmm.page. A Tiny Bell was not made with this platform but it looks fun and like something others will find useful.
Things Magazine has compiled an archive of Pelican Book covers from the 1930s through the 1980s. I first found this archive back in 2008 and am delighted that it's still online.
The entire archive can be viewed on the Things Magazine website.
Yesterday would have been Kurt Vonnegut's 100th birthday. To celebrate, designer Alicia Raitt has re-imagined all 14 of Vonnegut’s book covers.
View the full gallery here.
Check out designer Alicia Raitt's site — she's the Founder and Creative Director of Milk & Bone Design.
Chair Times — A History of Seating, From 1800 to Today is a 90 minute movie (below) and a series of 16 short films and that range from a couple minutes each to about an hour. Presented by Vitra.
