AIGA Eye on Design

It was Brian Eno who invented the term ‘scenius,’ which counters the myth of the lone genius and credits the collective effort. @jeres explores the collaboration integral to Eno’s moody album covers >> aigaeod.co/brianeno

“Balancing the tone of this piece was challenging. We were going for something eclectic but not rigid, vibrant without being overtly digital” — @somanytommy on their beautiful @AIGAdesign 50 Books | 50 Covers win 🏅 >> aigaeod.co/5050

Run by Richard Embray and Elinor Jansz, @4CornersBooks is a London-based publishing house that seeks to bring art history to life. @MillyBurroughs spoke with the pair to find out what they think we should all be reading >> aigaeod.co/fourcornersboo…

“The final cover’s expansive setting, combined with the portal-like illusion, aims for a feeling of both disorientation and omniscience that felt apt for the text” — @AIGAdesign 50 Books | 50 Covers winner @laurenapc on her design for @TriciaLockwood 🌀 >> aigaeod.co/5050

Brian Eno’s (@brianeno) Another Green World album cover features a section of this 1973 painting by Tom Phillips, Eno’s lecturer at Ipswich Art School >> aigaeod.co/brianeno

“It’s really exciting when you love work that you think hasn’t been seen widely, and then you provide the means for people to engage with it” — @4CornersBooks >> aigaeod.co/fourcornersboo…

Felfel from @Boharat_type draws inspiration from Ruq’ah style lettering, a writing style of Arabic script made for writing quickly >> aigaeod.co/felfel

“Exploring unfamiliar histories of visual culture” — @4CornersBooks shares its favorite publications — ✍️ by @MillyBurroughs >> aigaeod.co/fourcornersboo…

“I’m drawn to cover design because I like the balance of expression + problem-solving. Every cover needs legible type, must stand out on a bookshelf, work at thumbnail size + capture the tone. The rest is open-ended” — #AIGA5050 winner @chantaljahchan >> aigaeod.co/5050

“Designing a cover comes from the concept, the logic, the structure + the thinking we’ve set up inside the book. It’s the culmination of the systems we’ve deployed” — #NatashaChandani #LanaCavar on their @AIGAdesign 50 Books | 50 Covers win 🏅 >> aigaeod.co/5050

“Book covers are usually decided by sales teams. There is usually a dissonance between covers of books and what falls inside them. I wanted this cover to reflect everything that was on the inside of this project” — @mccalmanco on his #AIGA5050 win 🏅>> aigaeod.co/5050

“Cooking a font is a journey and Felfel is the first member of an upcoming family of ingredients, each with a unique character, weight, and flavor for the perfect seasoning” 🧑‍🍳 — @Boharat_type >> aigaeod.co/felfel

In his covers as in his music, the one and only Brian Eno is committed to the idea of the “scenius” — countering the myth of the lone genius and crediting collective effort >> aigaeod.co/brianeno

The winners of this year’s @AIGAdesign 50 Books | 50 Covers showcase proves that 2021 was an utterly rich year for cover design 📚✨ >> aigaeod.co/5050

The collaborative spirit behind Brian Eno’s (@brianeno) record sleeve designs — ✍️ by @jeres 🌀 >> aigaeod.co/brianeno

“The best evidence...that the state and industry is more interested in saving money than saving the ecosystem is the strategy to use branding and marketing to solve the problem” — @jpksure on the “rebranding” of the “Invasive Carp” in Illinois as “Copi” >> aigaeod.co/copi

Felfel is one of the standout typefaces from foundry @Boharat_type, which sees fonts like the ingredients of the recipe of design >> aigaeod.co/felfel

“Suggesting that the only way to live in harmony with a species is to make that species into something to exploit has unfortunately become the norm in capitalist society” — @jpksure on the history of “rebranding” and marketing “invasive” creatures 🐟💰>> aigaeod.co/copi

Five beautiful book covers and the stories behind them feat. @laurenapc @mccalmanco @somanytommy @chantaljahchan #NatashaChandani #LanaCavar — ✍️ by @ZacharyPetit >> aigaeod.co/5050

We can’t get enough of @dailyheller’s student ID cards for @SVA_News from the 1970s! Maybe it’s time to bring the design back? >> aigaeod.co/stevenheller