Book Cover Design
Browse articles by Faber cover designers that go behind the scenes of book jacket design, from concept and initial design routes through to final editions. Follow Faber Design on Instagram at @designbyfaber.
How do you adapt an iconic book into another medium? Illustrator Chris Mould shares his approach to transforming H. G. …
Sophie Harris, Senior Designer at Faber, shares her process for redesigning Banana Yoshimoto's back catalogue.
Faber Art Director Pete Adlington shares his process for the design of our reissue of a guide to the pubs …
The Faber Design Department today launched a new initiative, the Faber Design Portfolio Sessions.
How do you choose the cover design for a book made entirely of pictures? Illustrator, graphic novelist and now book …
As Faber publishes the first UK edition of When I Arrived at the Castle, graphic novelist E. M. Carroll tells …
Robbie Porter, the cover designer behind How to Win an Information War, tells us about the challenge of designing a …
Kishan Rajani, senior designer at Faber, takes us through the design process for the cover of Paul Auster’s novel Baumgartner, …
Designer Sophie Harris shares the creative process that went into the book jacket for Sara Pascoe’s debut novel, Weirdo.
Big Swiss, the ‘the funniest book you will read in 2023’, has a book jacket with a big personality. Kishan …
Robbie Porter, the cover designer for the newest release on the Faber Editions list, Termush by Sven Holm, shares his …
Book designer and illustrator Eleanor Crow tells the story of how the jacket for Max Porter's beloved first novel, Grief …
Jonny Pelham, Art Director of the hardback cover for Tania Branigan’s Red Memory, discusses its creation with designer Tom Etherington.
Art Director Pete Adlington gives us a behind-the-scenes insight into how he designed the cover for Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead, …
Designer Jack Smyth tells the story of the creation of the cover for The Premonitions Bureau, Sam Knight's tale of …
Behind the making of the covers for Pincher Martin, The Spire and The Inheritors by William Golding.
Senior Designer Pete Adlington gives a behind-the-scenes insight into the process of designing the cover for Klara and the Sun, …
Senior Designer Jonny Pelham tells us about the design process for Rebecca Watson's debut novel, little scratch.
Faber cover designer Jonny Pelham tells us about the design process for the paperback edition of Max Porter's Lanny.
We talked to Children's Art Director Emma Eldridge about the process of designing the cover for Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick's stunning YA …
In celebration of a new set of Faber Stories, Senior Designer Jonathan Pelham talks about the process behind their innovative …
As part of our 90th celebrations, we commissioned five printmakers to design artwork for new editions of some of Ted …
Faber cover designer Jonny Pelham tells us about the design process for Lorrie Moore’s See What Can Be Done.
We talked to printmaker and illustrator, Angela Harding, about the process of designing custom artwork for Sleep No More by …
To celebrate eighteen years of Barbara Kingsolver’s contemporary classic and international bestseller, The Poisonwood Bible, Faber has partnered with celebrated …