Thanks to the blog Première de Couverture, I was made aware of the beautiful books put out by Les Allusifs, a Montreal publisher that specializes in international fiction translated to French.
I love everything about these bold and stripped-down designs, which are by the Montreal firm Paprika—but especially the colors. One thing that makes this series work so well is that the design is very consistent, but each cover is also unique, which keeps things interesting. The Dada-esque illustrations are by Alain Pilon.
They look really good all together in a pile:
Image from AIGA Design Archives
Paprika won a lot of recognition for these designs, and you can read some comments on the work here:
- STEP Design 100 Judge’s Selection
- Graphex 2008 Judge’s Choice
- AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2007 competition
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