Marcel Proust (1871–1922) spent his twenties as a
conspicuous society figure, but after 1907 he rarely emerged from a
cork-lined room in his apartment where he devoted himself to the
composition of In Search of Lost Time.
Lydia Davis has been a MacArthur Fellow, National Book Award
finalist, and Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. Davis was
awarded the 2003 French-American Foundation Translation Prize for
her translation of Marcel Proust's Swann's Way. She lives near
Albany, New York.
Jessica Hische is a letterer, an illustrator, a typographer,
and a web designer. She currently serves on the Type Directors Club
board of directors, has been named a Forbes Magazine "30 under 30"
in art and design as well as an ADC Young Gun and one of Print
Magazine’s "New Visual Artists". She has designed for Wes Anderson,
McSweeney's, Tiffany & Co, Penguin Books, and many other clients.
She resides primarily in San Francisco, occasionally in Brooklyn.
Winner of the 2012 Fifty Books/Fifty Covers show, organized by
Design Observer in association with AIGA and Designers & Books
Winner of the 2014 Type Directors Club Communication Design
Award
Praise for Penguin Drop Caps:
"[Penguin Drop Caps] convey a sense of nostalgia for the tactility
and aesthetic power of a physical book and for a centuries-old
tradition of beautiful lettering."
—Fast Company
“Vibrant, minimalist new typographic covers…. Bonus points for the
heartening gender balance of the initial selections.”
—Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
"The Penguin Drop Caps series is a great example of the power of
design. Why buy these particular classics when there are less
expensive, even free editions of Great Expectations? Because
they’re beautiful objects. Paul Buckley and Jessica Hische’s fresh
approach to the literary classics reduces the design down to
typography and color. Each cover is foil-stamped with a cleverly
illustrated letterform that reveals an element of the story. Jane
Austen’s A (Pride and Prejudice) is formed by opulent peacock
feathers and Charlotte Bronte’s B (Jane Eyre) is surrounded by
flames. The complete set forms a rainbow spectrum prettier than
anything else on your bookshelf."
—Rex Bonomelli, The New York Times
"Drool-inducing."
—Flavorwire
"Classic reads in stunning covers—your book club will be
dying."
—Redbook
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