Penguin Books
Vanessa and Karis
History
• First sold in 1935, created by Allen Lane • Cheap and disposable • Easy to read accessible • Pleasently designed • Puffin Books is the children's imprint of BriGsh publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s it has been the largest publisher of children's books in the UK and much of the English-‐speaking world
• Orange and white = general fic1on • Green and white = crime fic1on • Cerise and white = travel and adventure • Dark blue and white = biographies • Yellow and white = miscellaneous • Red and white = drama • The rarer purple and white = essays and belles leAres ( a category of wri1ng)and
• Grey and white = world affairs.
Colour scheme
1984
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A clockwork orange
• The cog eye on the front cover of the book can be interpreted in many different ways
Classical painGng book covers
Discussion
• Whats your favourite design? And why is it appealing to you
• Do you judge a book by it’s cover? And does that affect your reading experience
ICONIC
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