← Project Suhrkamp →
Inspired by two of my favourite publishing houses—Suhrkamp, and Insel—I started to redesign some of their book series.
On the one hand, the new designs are an obvious bow to the iconic covers Willy Fleckhaus and Rolf Staudt created for Suhrkamp—some of which have, alas, been discontinued in recent years.
And on the other hand, they are questioning profit-driven paradigms in contemporary commercial book cover design by abolishing all imagery—and replacing it with content-related colour schemes and patterns, or even with the book’s actual first page of text set on the cover.
Finally, a reinterpretation of Suhrkamp’s and Insel’s logos completes the picture.
Note/disclaimer: This is a self-initiated design project I was NOT commissioned to do. All rights for the texts are with Suhrkamp/Insel and the respective authors.