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5 New Designs for the Harry Potter Books

5 New Designs for the Harry Potter Books

Harry Potter has inspired fandom of all kinds. In a few weeks, the end of the movie series begins with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1. To commemorate this moment in time, I’ve pulled together five collections of entirely new designs for the seven book covers. Here’s the twist: one of them is real! The other four are all made by talented, artistic fans. But one of these redesigns is actually in use right now by publisher Bloomsbury in the U.K., where all seven books have been re-released. The idea is to “appeal to the next generation of readers who did not grow up with Harry Potter.” Can Read more »

If social media websites were books: cool art

If social media websites were books: cool art

Turning tweets into a book is one thing, but what would happen if, by some bizarre magical experience, social media websites became books? Stéphane Massa-Bidal has some ideas. Check out the virtual book covers for Flickr, LinkedIn, Facebook, Wikipedia, YouTube, Tumblr, Twitter, MySpace, Last.fm and FFFFOUND. Each book cover has a cool illustration and subtitle, and all ten books have been designed to look as if they’re part of a series. If they were real books I could imagine them turning up on Book Worship. With traditional media increasingly winding up online, it’s an interesting concept putting Web 2.0 services into the context of print. Via Read more »