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		<title>Mendelsund</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Design:related posted a great interview with Peter Mendelsund, a brilliant book cover designer for Knopf and Vertical Press. I love his candor and think he makes a fantastic interview subject, but most of all, I&#8217;m in awe of his design work. Here are a few of my favorite Mendelsund-designed book covers:



There&#8217;s more of his book [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.designrelated.com">Design:related</a> posted a great <a href="http://www.designrelated.com/news/feature_view?id=16">interview with Peter Mendelsund</a>, a brilliant book cover designer for Knopf and Vertical Press. I love his candor and think he makes a fantastic interview subject, but most of all, I&#8217;m in awe of his design work. Here are a few of my favorite Mendelsund-designed book covers:</p>
<p><img class="centered" src='http://www.bigcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/rs_tolstoy-new-spine.jpg' alt='War and Peace book cover' /></p>
<p><img class="centered" src='http://www.bigcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/rs_mao.jpg' alt='Mao biography book cover' /></p>
<p><img class="centered" src='http://www.bigcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/rs_marai1.jpg' alt='Rebels book cover' /></p>
<p>There&#8217;s more of his book cover, CD and poster design work on his <a href="http://mendelsund.com/index.cfm">portfolio site</a>, which is more than a bit clunky, but well worth the effort.</p>
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		<title>Design Cover Song</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of a co-worker sent me an interesting link today. It&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve seen a blatant rip-off of my design work.
Here&#8217;s my design for the Getty Images homepage (scaled down quite a bit):

And here&#8217;s Hypeful.com&#8217;s Top 27 Albums of 2007 not-so-original header graphic:

At least he put his own touch on it by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A friend of a co-worker sent me an interesting link today. It&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve seen a blatant rip-off of my design work.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s my design for the <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/Home.aspx">Getty Images homepage</a> (scaled down quite a bit):</p>
<p><img src='http://www.bigcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/gi_home11.jpg' alt='Getty Images home' /></p>
<p>And here&#8217;s <a href="http://www.hypeful.com/2007/12/21/top-27-albums-of-2007/#more-570">Hypeful.com&#8217;s Top 27 Albums of 2007</a> not-so-original header graphic:</p>
<p><img src='http://www.bigcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/topalbums.jpg' alt='Top Rip-Off' /></p>
<p>At least he put his own touch on it by adding reflection to the type. I think that&#8217;s a bad call, but hey, he&#8217;s the designer.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE Jan 3:</strong> The <a href="http://www.hypeful.com">Hypeful.com</a> website <strike>seems to be down</strike> is back up. I sent a polite email to the site&#8217;s owner to see what gives. We&#8217;ll see if he responds&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE Jan 4:</strong> Well, I didn&#8217;t receive an email response, but as of this morning, he has swapped out the pilfered graphic for something else. &#8216;Nuff said.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE Jan 10:</strong> I eventually received a very friendly and apologetic email from Lucas, the site&#8217;s owner. It seems that an acquaintance of his created the graphic, and Lucas was unaware of the design&#8217;s origins. Coincidentally, I&#8217;ve really been enjoying Lucas&#8217;s <a href="http://www.hypeful.com">excellent music site</a>, so plenty of good has come of all this.</p>
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