James Mackay mentioned this in his comment earlier and it's another example of why I love being a member of the Penguin Collectors' Society. Waiting for me when I got home on Friday, Penguin by Designers, designed itself by David Pearson, is a record of the Study Day at the Victoria and Albert Museum held in June 2005 by The Society. The event celebrated Penguin's 70th anniversary.
It's basically a collection of edited transcripts from the day's talks by John Miles, Germano Facetti, Romek Marber (designer of the famous grid, shown on both covers), Jerry Cinamon, Derek Birdsall, David Pelham and Jim Stoddart. All very significant figures in the publisher's design history.
You can buy it here.
That looks like a great book. I met Daniel on Friday, lovely bloke.
Posted by: Ben | 22 April 2007 at 09:02 AM
Hi,
Thought you might be interested in listening to an interview I conducted with award winning Canadian Book designer CS Richardson for my radio program The Biblio File
http://nigelbeale.com/?p=504
Best Regards,
Nigel Beale.
Posted by: nigel beale | 24 April 2007 at 02:36 PM