11: Penguin Books

This month, the Poster Boys look back at 45 years of design history at Penguin Books. From the company’s early years under the direction of typographer Jan Tschichold all the way to the end of the 1970’s with art director David Pelham, the prominent UK publishing house maintained a reliable brand identity underscored by countless striking book covers. Inspired by one such design, the boys also take their monthly dip into the Flat File to look more closely at the poster artwork for Stanley Kubrick’s A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.

SHOW NOTES & LINKS

AIGA’s Eye on Design Blog We Buy Your Kids Mobil Masterpiece/a> Penguin By Design by Phil Baines Penguin by Designers and The Penguin Collectors Society Jan Tschichold - Penguin Composition Rules A Smile in the Mind by Beryl McAlhone and David Stuart Penguin Science Fiction Pelham Science Fiction

Music selections: “Bass on Titles” opening theme, March from A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and Title Music from A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Walter Carlos.

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Special thanks to producer Adrian Cobb.