Penguin books art director

This years 50 books 50 covers competition, widely recognized as the highest design honor in the book publishing world, features 4 interior and cover prizewinning designs created by our penguin random house art directors and designers in 2016. The early minimalist designs were modernised by italian art director germano facetti, who joined penguin in 1961. Jul 06, 2010 in celebration of penguin s benchmark year, penguin 75 is a neat, affordable art book that presents covers from the last several years, the art director and designers commentary, and, occasionally, the authors take. Ellice lee, art director of philomel books, joined the team in 2017. She is responsible for the art direction and design of puffins entire list from baby buggy books to. These questions are all collected in penguin 75, a book i wrote about in the current edition of print. Jul 03, 2019 richard bravery has been promoted with immediate effect to art director at penguin general. Submissions will be for picture books, chapter books, illustrated nonfiction, middle grade novels, graphic novels and novel covers. The penguin anthology of twentiethcentury american poetry.

Previously senior literary designer at penguin books, bravery stepped up in the interim following the. Charles mcstravick has joined readerlink as art director for the adult publishing team of its. Jim stoddart, art director, penguin press jaws by peter benchley, cover by paul bacon one cover ive always had a dark fascination with is the original hardback edition of jaws. He leads a team of five designers for the viking books.

Penguin books has paid particular attention to the design of its books since recruiting german typographer jan tschichold in 1947. Adele has illustrated two childrens book series the champion charlies and pearl the magical unicorn. Submissions penguin random house canada young readers. Describe your professional background to date including including any career highlights and how you came to your current role as art director for penguin childrens books. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover jims connections and jobs at similar companies. Priors words are about the late john hamilton penguins art director for over 20 years, who helped bring the books of authors like zadie smith, will self and george orwell to life with beautiful, clever and eyecatching covers. John joined penguin in 1997 as art director for penguin general adult publishing, immediately taking the art department by storm with what. Vice president, associate publisher, director of marketing.

The sales team works to make sure that our books are available to readers in every place where books are sold. With over 18 years of publishing experiencemost years as an art director at penguin random. As art director she has played a key role in giving the puffin list a new design identity. Commissioned by awardwinning penguin art director paul buckley, the penguin threads series debuted with cover art by jillian tamaki and continues with art by rachell sumpter for giftworthy penguin classics. Nancy oversees all facets of the process from commissioning illustrators and art direction to cover and interior design across an entire spectrum. Penguin threads penguin classics because what you read. Art directors share their alltime favourite book covers penguin books. View alison impeys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Designed by paul bacon in 1974, this cover was so iconic that it went on to inspire the universal studios movie poster. Kate stark is senior vice president, associate publisher, and director of marketing for the viking, riverhead, penguin books, and penguin classics imprints. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover lizs connections and jobs at similar companies.

Jaws by peter benchley, cover by paul bacon one cover ive always had a dark fascination with is the original hardback edition of jaws. A historic guide to the world of penguin classics from its uk origin, covering a span from the ancient world to world war i, in a luxurious orange clothbound package with colored endpapers, fullcolor pages, and illustrations. View liz catchpoles profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Jim stoddart, penguin press art director, on designing sir. This 2017 clio awards silver winning entry titled penguin frozen storybook was entered for penguin books by tbwa\shanghai, shanghai, part of agency network. She holds a ba in sociology from ucla and a bfa from art center college of design. Penguin random houses longtime art director john hamilton has died aged 55, the publisher has confirmed, with chief executive tom weldon paying tribute to his incredible spirit which helped. If youve ever wondered about all the behindthescenes work that goes into making your favorite books, this is the series for you. She joined penguin in 2004 and has worked on numerous new york times. Were going deep inside the making of a book, with interviews from penguin random house employees in editorial, marketing, sales, and more. Jason ramirez art director penguin publishing group.

Art director at simon and schuster books for young readers. Thomas is a melbourne based illustrator, director and art director, with over ten years of experience in animation film and tv design, childrens books, advertising and game apps. Penguin books penguin classics allen lane particular pelican address. Cover by david pelham, illustrator and former art director at penguin books theres no debating that david pelhams cover for the penguin books uk paperback edition of anthony burgess a clockwork orange is iconic that cogeyed face is impossible to forget.

Priors words are about the late john hamilton penguin s art director for over 20 years, who helped bring the books of authors like zadie smith, will self and george orwell to life with beautiful, clever and eyecatching covers. John hamilton, glaswegian who became celebrated art. Art directors share their alltime favourite book covers. Our sales team manages penguin random houses relationship with the community of booksellers around the globe. May 07, 2012 as art director she has played a key role in giving the puffin list a new design identity. Aug 18, 2010 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of penguin books, art director paul buckley chose 75 book covers to investigate the design process behind each one. Penguin books and penguin classics are presenting a series of salon events in partnership with the kate werble gallery in new york to bring people together for dialogue about books, art and activism, while raising funds for organizations relevant to the evenings themes. Feb 12, 2014 tell us a bit about your role at penguin and how you got there i am the managing director of penguin general books, which is one of seven adult divisions within the newly formed penguin random. Commissioned by awardwinning penguin art director paul buckley, the penguin threads series debuted with cover art by jillian tamaki and continues with art by rachell sumpter for giftworthy. Alison impey senior art director penguin random house. Remembering john hamilton, penguin art director penguin books. John is responsible for artdirecting hardback covers for imprints like viking, hamish hamilton, michael joseph, fig tree and penguin ireland.

Emily osborne art director at penguin random house new york, new york 180 connections. Penguin salon events mix books, art and activism penguin. Art director 320 front street west, suite 1400 toronto, on m5v 3b6. Five questions with paul buckley, penguin art director. February 10, 2019 john hamilton, who has died aged 55, was a celebrated figure in the publishing profession and a longstanding art director at penguin who built a fine reputation.

Cover to cover delivers 288 pages of literary eye candy. I am an awardwinning art director, illustrator, and designer. The body of john hamilton, penguin random houses longtime art director, was discovered by his wife claire in the bedroom of their home in. Jessica hische and penguin art director paul buckley. In fact, i leaned heavily on it when designing the soberer cover for asias reckoning a couple of years ago. Hamilton died suddenly aged 55 last week, and is survived by his wife claire and two children, angus and sadie. Emily osborne art director penguin random house linkedin. Jessica hische and penguin art director paul buckley collaborate on drop caps, a series of classic novels boasting the gorgeously illustrated first letter of the authors surname on the front. Penguin art director found dead at lewes home sussex express.

After graduating with a ba in graphic design from middlesex polytechnic where i spent a lot of my time printmaking and producing hand made books i lived in sydney. In celebration of penguin s benchmark year, penguin 75 is a neat, affordable art book that presents covers from the last several years, the art director and designers commentary, and. Here, three of the team from penguin random house childrens talk about what theyre looking for. Edited by penguin creative director paul buckley, classic penguin. Jun 26, 2016 penguins art director jim stoddart asked a junior designer, david pearson, to develop the design identity of the series, which he did by dressing each cover in the lettering or typographic style typical of its time in a rigorous palette of black and burgundy type on creamy white from lettering derived from early christian sources used. How to make it htmi art director top 5 tips youtube. Jason ramirez art director penguin publishing group linkedin. John joined penguin in 1997 as art director for penguin general adult publishing, immediately taking the art department by storm with what would later become known as his trademark wit and creativity, and his unerring eye for remarkable, thoughtprovoking design. Chris sergio is a vp, art director at penguin random house, where he oversees.

Triffidus redivivus the art of penguin science fiction. Jason is an awardwinning art director and designer with the penguin publishing group, a division of penguin random house in new york. Both bibliophiles and design buffs will be enthralled by the book, which features hundreds of stunning covers paired with commentary by the artists. An edition for each letter of the alphabet, the series features authors from a jane austen to z carlos ruiz zafon. View jim stoddarts profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Jim stoddart, penguin press art director, on designing sir allen lanes plaque. Feb 11, 2018 managing director of penguin general, joanna prior, talks to matthew locke of future cities forum about the publishers approach to design and the impact of the internet on the popularity of cover. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of penguin books, art director paul buckley chose 75 book covers to investigate the design process behind each one. Penguin random houses longtime art director john hamilton has died aged 55, the publisher has confirmed, with chief executive tom weldon. Created by penguin art director paul buckley and illustrated by type designer jessica hische, penguin drop caps is a series of 26 rainbowhued hardcover editions of literatures finest treasures. Marbers work at the economist brought him to the attention of germano facetti, the art director at penguin books, and in 1961 he was employed by facetti to revitalise the cover designs of the.

Today were featuring an interview with art director, jason booher. Bravery made penguin general art director the bookseller. Browse all careers our dedicated team of publishing professionals is committed to helping authors realize their very best work and to finding innovative new ways of bringing stories and ideas to audiences worldwide. Oct 22, 2015 we sat down with john hamilton this week to talk about his work at penguin books as art director and to find out how to get illustration and design work with the big publishers. This instant new york times bestseller and reeses book club x hello sunshine book pick is a. Ellice has worked with awardwinning talent including alexandra boiger, rafael lopez, loren long, leuyen pham, christian robinson, kadir nelson, ed young, and floyd cooper.

By the time all ten titles had appeared peter mayer was penguin s managing director and david pelham had resigned as art director, explaining later that when i overheard people in the marketing department referring to books as the product i knew that it was time to jump. Art director at viking childrens books penguin random house. Penguin random house canada young readers tundra books, puffin canada, penguin teen canada attn. Childrens books vary hugely from cloth and board books for our youngest readers, up to young adult fiction for teenagers. It was cofounded in 1935 by sir allen lane with his brothers richard and john, as a line of the publishers the bodley head, only becoming a separate company the following year.