Design on the left by John Gall, design on the right by David Drummond. Both photos by Cara Barer.
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For previous episodes of This Looks Like That, see:
• Howard Grossman v. Modest Mouse
• Natalie Smith v. Portishead
• Me ripping off Edward Bettison
• Jamie Keenan v. Mark Melnick.
OK, I’ll bite. Ian’s cool. And a very good designer. Just a tad of a stalker though.
A photo of Cara Barer was also used on the cover of ‘Bound to please’ from Michael Dirda (reprint may 2007). I do’nt know the designer. He used e detail of the photo on the right cover. See:
http://www.boekendingen.nl/wp-nieuws/?p=1462
The cover of “Bound to Please” by Michael Dirda that also features the work Cara Barer was designed by Darren Haggar. You can see the book cover here: http://www.wwnorton.com/cover/032963.jpg
I like the image of that book better on the Drummond cover. Little more artful.
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