Design Matters from the Archive: Peter Mendelsund

Peter Mendelsund an associate art director at Knopf, as well as an art director at Pantheon, is the force behind some of today's most recognizable book covers: the Stieg Larsson books, the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of War and Peace and Laurie Sheck's A Monster's Notes, to name just a few. His blog can be read here.

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Debbie Millman is a designer, author, educator, strategist, and host of the podcast Design Matters.

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