Two book covers side by side. The first has a cream background with tangled red threads and reads “to the end of the land”, “a novel” and “david grossman”. The second is bright pink with bold, overlapping text in purple and green that reads “the nick gone hark-away world”.

A lesson in great book design (and brevity) from Jason Booher

Words: Rob Alderson
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Date: 14 June 2012; Work
Graphic Design

“Jason Booher designs book covers and other things.” This is the full extent of the information on Jason’s website and I for one admire his brevity, letting as it does his book design speak for itself. Unafraid to experiment but never jarring to the detriment of the literature he has been entrusted with, Jason has a super creative mind and a talent for realising his ideas in a portfolio packed with engaging and informative jacket design. Nuff said Jason.

An orange book cover featuring a large white oval outline. Black text reads “once before time: a whole story of the universe” and “martin bojowald”. — Above
Jason Booher: Once Before Time: A Whole Story of the Universe

The cover of a book titled “The Art of Immersion” by Frank Rose. A series of concentric black lines create a topographical pattern that forms the silhouette of a person’s head in the centre. — Above
Jason Booher: The Art of Immersion

The cover of a book featuring a portrait of a person, partially obscured by a winding yellow ribbon. The ribbon carries the title “all men are liars” and the author “alberto manguel”. — Above
Jason Booher: All Men Are Liars

A book cover in grey and white featuring bold, 3D typography that reads “SPADE & ARCHER”. Below the title, text reads “The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett’s THE MALTESE FALCON” and “as told by JOE GORES”. — Above
Jason Booher: Spade & Archer

The cover of a book with a light blue background and two overlapping white circles. The top circle contains the text “like you’d understand, anyway” and the bottom features a sketch of two people wrestling. — Above
Jason Booher: like You’d Understand

Further Info

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

A lesson in great book design (and brevity) from Jason Booher

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