Isaac Tobin

 

I came across this beautiful book jacket design for The War on Words by Michael T. Gilmore. Further investigation into the book designer Isaac Tobin unearthed a whole treasure-shelf of beautiful and creatively conceived book jackets. I’ve attached a pic for Obsession A History by Lennard J Davis – the texture created using pinpricks through heavy cardstock is beautiful – you definitely can’t do that with an eBook ! Other jacket design favourites include An Ethics of Interrogation by Michael Skerker, The Fatal Strain by Alan Sipress and Piracy by Adrian Johns.

Tobin is the Senior Designer at the University of Chicago Press, and has also produced jackets for other publishers such as Penguin and Columbia University Press. Check out his work at www.isaactobin.com

• Adrian Johns
• Alan Sipress
• Columbia University Press
• Isaac Tobin
• Lennard J Davis
• Michael Skerker
• Michael T. Gilmore
• Penguin
• University of Chicago Press