I have to confess that my favorite part of book design is creating the chapter opening pages. Ideally the display typography and any other pictorial or decorative elements you use on the chapter opening pages will reflect the type used in the rest of the book,...
Case Study: The Boy Behind the Gate by Larry Jacobson Design Brief: The author and his partner were the first gay couple to sail around the world. Larry, a former marketing executive, made a complete break with his former life and spent seven years traveling around...
by Larry Jacobson As his book designer, I was really impressed by the way Larry Jacobson pursued his aim of getting his book into print. The Boy Behind the Gate tells the incredible story of how Larry sailed around the world along with the companions who shared the...
