Ebooks are convenient and all, but there’s nothing quite like an awesome, physical book cover to really get you stoked to dive into a old-school tome. The words inside are important, but there’s something to be said for a really nice piece of shelf-candy too.
Every year, the Design Observer and the American Institute of Graphic Arts whip up a list of the year’s best cover designs, and they just put out their 50 bestestest of 2012. Taste varies, but these are a few of our favourites.
Curiosity and Method: 10 Years of Cabinet Magazine
By Blood
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
The Bug
After Freud Left: A Century of Psychoanalysis in America
The Flame Alphabet
The Day The World Ends
The Sardinians
A Wilderness of Error: The Trails of Jeffrey MacDonald
Stripped
May We Be Forgiven
You can check out the rest of the utterly fantastic designs over at The Design Observer.
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