penguin book design

Penguin by Design A Cover Story 1935-2005 £17.99| Book: Paperback | 183 x 220mm | 256 pages | ISBN 9780713998399 | May 2005 | Allen Lane More...

 

Underneath the covers

Germano Facetti revolutionised British book design with his Penguin jackets in the 1960s. The secret, says Rick Poynor, lay in what went on behind the cover images

Browse a gallery of Facetti's iconic covers