vintagebooksdesign:THE NOISE OF TIME - Julian BarnesIn May 1937 a man in his early thirties waits by

vintagebooksdesign:THE NOISE OF TIME - Julian BarnesIn May 1937 a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to the Big House. Any celebrity he has known in the previous decade is no use to him now. And few who are taken to the Big House ever return.The novel is about the collision of art and power, about human compromise, human cowardice and human courage. Several different visuals and approaches, some of which are shown above, including cutting a figure in lino, were worked up in response to the powerful text.The final image was chosen after much deliberation, as it succinctly captured the essence of the novel. We commissioned Vladimir Zimakov to produce a linocut. The figure is literally fenced in by the title typography, which has been sourced and then pasted together from a period sans serif font. The cover will be printed in vivid black and red foil, which will make the graphics more tactile and allow for an intense colour against the raw paper stock.The bold graphics are referenced from the Soviet era for this cover: Soviet typography, film posters and matchboxes. Favourite pieces of this genre were pasted over the wall in the studio as inspiration during this project. One thing that stood out the most from this research was the stark grammar of simple geometry, typography and flat blocks of colour of Soviet graphics. Sans serif fonts and the colours red and black dominated the wall and therefore found their way into the finished design.Published by Jonathan Cape in January 2016 -- source link

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