A curated book and magazine cover archive. A tribute to great cover design. Browse our gallery of covers. Support MatterPrinted by spreading the word and feel free to contact us for suggestions and ideas. You can also find us on twitter @matterprinted This blog is run by:@hellopanos & @INDVSTRY var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20644602-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @matterprinted)http://matterprinted.com/<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxyqm9zWJD1qaz53f.png"/></p> <p>Book Title: The Flame Alphabet | Author: Ben Marcus | Publisher: <a href="http://knopf.knopfdoubleday.com/" target="_blank">Knopf</a> | ISBN-13: 978-0307379375 | Cover design: <a href="http://mendelsund.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Peter Mendelsund</a> | Year of Publication 2012 Jan</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/16024592922http://matterprinted.com/post/16024592922Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:06:09 +0200novelbook cover<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxygzfPv4N1qaz53f.png"/></p> <p>Magazine Title: étapes (FR) | Issue: N°25 |  Year of Publication: 2011 Fall | Cover Design: <a href="http://magpie-studio.com/" title="Magpie Studio Website" target="_blank">Magpie Studio</a></p>http://matterprinted.com/post/16014957281http://matterprinted.com/post/16014957281Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:40:44 +0200étapesgraphic designmagazinemagazine coverfrancedesign<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwmp4894Oj1qaz53f.jpg"/></p> <p>Book Title:<a href="http://www.versobooks.com/books/1122-occupy" target="_blank"> Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America</a> | Publisher: <a href="http://versobooks.com" title="Verso Books" target="_blank">Verso</a> | ISBN: 9781844679409 | Year of Publication 2011 Dec</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/14639044428http://matterprinted.com/post/14639044428Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:26:36 +0200bookbook coveroccupyowsVerso Books<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvfiokWj5M1qzo2mw.jpg"/></p> <p>Magazine Title: <strong>OASE Journal for Architecture</strong> (NL) | Issue: N°81 | Design: Karel Martens, Stephen Serrato, Werkplaats Typografie | Year of Publication: 2010 June | Dimensions: 170 × 240 mm | ISSN: 0169-6238 | Archive / Source: <a href="http://www.oasejournal.nl/en/Issues" target="_blank">OASE</a> </p>http://matterprinted.com/post/13502121538http://matterprinted.com/post/13502121538Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:52:00 +0200architecturemagazinetypographyOASEKarel MartensStephen SerratoWerkplaats Typografie2010<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luusshjcOd1qaz53f.png"/></p> <p>Book Title: <a href="http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415938358/" target="_blank">Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound</a> | Publisher: <a href="http://www.routledge.com/" target="_blank">Routledge</a> | ISBN-13: 978-0415938358 | Year of Publication 2004 Oct (2nd Edition)</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/12964490000http://matterprinted.com/post/12964490000Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:26:36 +0200musicbookbook-cover<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lth2guimV01qaz53f.png"/></p> <p>Book Title: Consistency, Choice, and Rationality | Publisher: <a title="Harvard University Press Site" href="http://www.hup.harvard.edu/" target="_blank">Harvard University Press</a> | ISBN-13: 978-0674052994 | Year of Publication 2010 Oct</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/11773759061http://matterprinted.com/post/11773759061Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:52:00 +0300Book CoverHarvard University Pressbookbook cover<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lslcflSqJM1qzo2mw.jpg"/></p> <p>Title: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.popshotpopshot.com/">popshot</a> | Art Direction: Jacob Denno | Illustration by: Kate Copeland | Issue: No.6 | Country: UK | Publication Date: October 2011</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/11057860213http://matterprinted.com/post/11057860213Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:43:29 +0300popshotpopshot magazinecovermagazine coverUK2011poetryillustration<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsjg6fZdE51qzo2mw.jpg"/></p> <p>Magazine Title: <strong>Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism?</strong> | Year: 2009 August | ISBN: 9781844677139 | Publisher: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.versobooks.com/">Verso Books </a></p>http://matterprinted.com/post/11017729694http://matterprinted.com/post/11017729694Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:09:41 +0300bookbook coververso books<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lshkciyy2A1qzo2mw.jpg"/></p> <p>Magazine Title: <strong>OASE Journal for Architecture</strong> (NL) | Issue: N°68 | Design: Karel Martens, Jeff Ramsey, Werkplaats Typografie | Year of Publication: 2005 December | Dimensions: 170 × 240 mm | ISSN: 0169-6238 | Archive / Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.oasejournal.nl/">OASE</a> </p>http://matterprinted.com/post/10976455718http://matterprinted.com/post/10976455718Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:45:59 +0300architecturemagazine coverstypographyOASEKarel MartensJeff RamseyWekplaats Typografie2005<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lshgdsrr6o1qaz53f.jpg"/></p> <p>Magazine Title: <a title="Collect Magazine Official Site" href="http://www.collectmag.com.au/" target="_blank">Collect Magazine</a> (AU) | Issue N°4 | Year: 2011 | Via: <a href="http://artunion.tumblr.com/post/10953174274/via-dropular-net-art-union-tm-crayonmag-tm" target="_blank">art.union</a></p>http://matterprinted.com/post/10975374425http://matterprinted.com/post/10975374425Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:21:00 +0300Collect MagazineMagazine Cover<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrxz5ceaYW1qaz53f.jpg"/></p> <p>Magazine Title: <a href="http://revuefeuilleton.com/" target="_blank">Feuilleton</a> (FR)|Issue N°1|Cover Design: <a href="http://www.mikelemanski.co.uk/" target="_blank">Mike Lemanski</a>|Year of Publication:2011 September | <a href="http://allanpeters.com/blog/?p=2469" target="_blank">Source </a></p>http://matterprinted.com/post/10529509651http://matterprinted.com/post/10529509651Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:57:49 +0300feuilletonillustrationmagazinemagazinemagazine cover<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrw8evdCYH1qaz53f.png"/></p> <p>Book Title: Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities | Publisher Basic Books | ISBN-13: 9780465013029 | Year of Publication 2008</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/10494677909http://matterprinted.com/post/10494677909Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:19:16 +0300book coverbooktypographyillustrarion2008<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrqdbdJNIG1qaz53f.png"/></p> <p>Book Title: The Secret Life of Pronouns | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | ISBN-9781608194803| Year of publication: 2011 August</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/10367275177http://matterprinted.com/post/10367275177Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:22:03 +0300bookbook covertypography<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrnvvhXCN21qzo2mw.jpg"/></p> <p>Magazine Title:<a target="_blank" href="http://www.thegentlewoman.com/"> The Gentlewoman</a> (UK) | Issue Nº 4 | Period: Autumn Winter 2011 | Date of Publication: September 2011 | Creative Director: Jop van Bennekom | Cover Photography: Alasdair McLellan | Cover Model: Olivia Williams</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/10310287473http://matterprinted.com/post/10310287473Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:03:09 +0300The Gentlewomanfashion magazinemagazine coverUKAlasdair McLellan2011Olivia Williams<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr7slqz6I91qzo2mw.jpg"/></p> <p>Book Title: Faites le travail qu’accomplit le soleil | Publisher: <a target="_blank" href="http://spectorbooks.com/">Spector Books</a> | ISBN-<span>978-3-940064-02-8 |</span> Year of publication: 2011</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/9961217140http://matterprinted.com/post/9961217140Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:30:03 +0300bookbook covertypographyminimalfrench<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqnekezHxy1qaz53f.jpg"/></p> <p>Book Title: The Geometry of Pasta | Publisher: <a title="Boxtree Publishing Homepage" target="_blank" href="http://www.panmacmillan.com/imprints/BOXTREE/">Boxtree</a> | ISBN-13: 978-0752227375 | Year of Publication: 2010</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/9506950719http://matterprinted.com/post/9506950719Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:19:00 +0300bookbook coverpastaillustrationthe geometry of pasta<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llc7mqOOwO1qaz53f.png"/></p> <p>Book Title: The Balance of Power: Stability in International Systems | Publisher: Cambridge University Press | ISBN-13: 978-0521374712 | Year of Publication: 1989</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/5573705977http://matterprinted.com/post/5573705977Tue, 17 May 2011 14:26:11 +0300bookCambridge University Press1989illustration<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll964rct1l1qaz53f.png"/></p> <p>Book Title: The Jazz Age: Popular Music in the 1920s | Publisher: Oxford University Press | ISBN-13: 978-0195060829 | Year of Publication: 1989</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/5520153362http://matterprinted.com/post/5520153362Sun, 15 May 2011 23:03:08 +0300MusicBook CoverJazz1989<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkm5y6Ibut1qaz53f.jpg"/></p> <p>Title: A Primer on Visual Literacy | Author: Harold B. Dondis (Author) | Publisher: The MIT Press | Date of Publication: September 15, 1973 | (<a href="http://shramz8.tumblr.com/post/5135969890/thisispublictrust" target="_blank">Source</a>)</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/5157649564http://matterprinted.com/post/5157649564Tue, 03 May 2011 12:57:00 +0300bookbook-covergraphic design1972<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljwywxsUD71qzo2mw.jpg"/></p> <p>Title: Lula Magazine (UK) | Date of Publication: 2009 | Frequency: Biannual | Art Director: Suzy Wood</p>http://matterprinted.com/post/4753278784http://matterprinted.com/post/4753278784Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:19:40 +0300lula magazine2009fashionuksuzy wood