Thursday, January 29, 2009

Beards by Tom Carnase

It's hard for me to make a claim like this, but this book cover for a pressing of Reginald Reynolds' 1949 book "Beards," might be my favorite type treatment ever. It's gorgeously drawn by Herb Lubalin's colleage Tom Carnase, it's funny, it's concise, it's perfect.

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4 comments:

  1. JeremyJanuary 29, 2009 at 12:55 PM

    I concur

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  2. Gregory HubacekJanuary 29, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    co-sign.

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  3. RyanJanuary 30, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    So did Dave Eggers steal his 826Valencia design from this?

    http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/826_Office_posters_02.jpg

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  4. WillMay 3, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    Mike, I'm loving So Much Pileup, which I found today googling beards. (Feel free to use anything from A Journey Round My Skull, by the way.)

    I had misidentified the person responsible for this cover on my blog (as Alan Peckolick, listed as cover designer), so changed it to Lubalin. Then I found this site which lists Harris Lewine as art Director and Tom Carnase as Letterer.

    Do you have any more info?

    Thanks!
    Will

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