Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Coralie Bickford-Smith's Beautiful Books

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Finally! You CAN judge a book by it's beautifully redesigned cover- that is, if it's been designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, the Senior Cover Designer at Penguin Books. I've seen several blog posts done on these gorgeous classics but today Coco Kelley reminded me about these pretty little jewels again and I had to share with Varnish readers. It's not normally my style to snatch content like this but great design is a lot like great gossip- not bad gossip like, "psst...hey that girl's skirt is too tight" but more along the lines of, "psst...why does Louisa May Alcott look so freaking good all of a sudden?" Anyhow, I know a lot of you are avid readers and these would make beautiful birthday gifts. Enjoy!

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"The cover is there to serve the content, so the content has to be taken into consideration."

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8 comments:

  1. They are so beautiful and so perfect!!! Great finds,sweetie:)

    Hope you are doing well:) Kisses and see you soon:)

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  2. These are beautiful! I wouldn't want to read them...it might damage their impeccable spine!

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  3. They're gorgeous! I'm one of those terrible people who often choose a book based on the cover. I'd be fine with these!

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  4. I want them ALL!!! Thanks for posting this gem of a find!

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  5. WOW - these are beautiful. Love this kind of stuff. Thanks for sharing. btw: Enjoying your blog so much. xo

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  6. almost too beautiful to read... who cares what's in the inside, put that on a bookshelf as a piece of art!

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  7. very lovely about time books looked great again after all they are a visual medium!

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  8. These books are being sold in Anthropologie now! They look beautiful in their stores, bought some for my mom and she is in love

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