Book Cover Design from Concept to Creation
Influences
A course by Faride Mereb , Book Designer and Editor
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Most of the references you will see in this lesson are people I have worked with or shared with professionally. Sometimes people admire an unreachable idea of a person, but people around me are the ones who inspire me the most. ”
In this video lesson Faride Mereb addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Book Cover Design from Concept to Creation. Explore visual metaphors, shapes, and formats to condense the complexity of a book into one space, using analog and digital techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences Now that you know a bit about me, I want to talk about people who have influenced me and my work. Álvaro Sotillo is the only Latino, Venezuelan, who has won the Gutenberg Award. He's one of the reasons I got into bookmaking. I have been collecting his books for many years and I shared with him at Ex Libris when I was working with Javier Aizpurua. One of the things I admire the most about him is that he dropped out of formal education to pursue a career in graphic design with Gerd Leufert. He did several projects for the Museum of Arts in Venezuela. He makes books that serve the s...”
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Course summary for: Book Cover Design from Concept to Creation
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Art Direction, Editorial Design, Graphic Design
Faride Mereb
A course by Faride Mereb
Faride Mereb, born in Venezuela and now living in New York City, is an award-winning book designer and editor. As a teenager, Faride worked for a newspaper and soon developed an interest for typography. She was also a library assistant at school, and was struck by the cover of the first book she bought, 12 Cuentos Peregrinos by Gabriel Garcia. These were the foundations of her strong connection to books and printed material. She studied Graphic Design at university, and is currently a visiting scholar at Columbia University.
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In 2014, Faride founded the publishing house, Letra Muerta, where she has published eight titles to date. She has won multiple awards in Latin America, Europe, and the US, including winning in both categories for AIGA Awards' 50 Books, and 50 Book Covers. She was also awarded gold in the editorial category in the Latin American Design Awards. Faride is a member of the American Printing History Association, The Bibliographical Society of America, and Center for Book Arts, and has collaborated with numerous companies such as Penguin Random, and Ugly Duckling Presse. When not working with her publishing house, Faride also teaches at the Center for Book Arts.
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