I LOVE a newspaper-inspired design. I really do. I love them so much that I’ve executed two already, and who’s to say I won’t do it again?
Artists have been incorporating newspapers into their artwork for centuries. Just look at what Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Marine Hugonnier, have done, and what Sho Shibuya is currently doing.
Explore the tag “newspaper” on INABC to see more like these.
*If you’re able to provide any missing design credits, please write me at ineedabookcover.site@gmail.com.
Today’s blog post cover image is by Robert Rauschenberg.
The Front Page
Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis
Designed by Peter Mendelsund

Nemesis by Peter Evans
Designed by Richard Ljoenes

The Curse of Beauty by James Bone
Designed by Richard Ljoenes

Manly Health and Training by Walt Whitman

The Curse of Caste by Julia C. Collins
Designed by Jonathan Sainsbury

A Very British Coup by Chris Mullin
Designed by Dan Mogford

Bad News by Batya Ungar-Sargon

The Essential Kerner Commission Report by Jelani Cobb

Word by Word by Kory Stamper
Designed by Oliver Munday

Pieces, Scraps
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Designed by Jason Ramirez

The Investigator by Terry Lenzner
Designed by Zoe Norvell

The Neighborhood by Mario Vargas Llosa
Designed by Alex Merto

Without Compromise by Wayne Barett

The Men We Need by Brant Hansen
Designed by Laura Powell

Inside The Critic’s Circle by Phillipa K. Chong
Designed by Chris Ferrante

Newsroom Confidential by Margaret Sullivan
Designed by Jon Bush

Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse
Designed by Zoe Norvell

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

All The Truth is Out by Matt Bai

The Gray Lady Winked by Ashley Rindsberg

The Defense Lawyer by James Patterson
Designed by Henry Sene Yee

The God Beat by Costica Bradatan and Ed Simon
Designed by Faceout Studio/Amanda Hudson

A Tale of Two Murders by Laura Thompson
Designed by Faceout Studio/Spencer Fuller

Newspaper as Object
Bad News by Batya Ungar-Sargon
Designed by Faceout Books

One Day In The Life of the English Language by Frank L. Cioffi
Designed by Chris Ferrante

The Story by Judith Miller
Designed by Jason Heur

Bad News by Rob Brotherton

News of The World by Philip Levine
Designed by Jason Booher

Inspired By
Rethinking The New Technology of Journalism by Seong Jae Min
Designed by Henry Sene Yee

Kidney Owner For Sale By Owner by Mark J. Cherry
Designed by David Drummond

The Man In The Monster by Martha Elliott

On All Fronts by Clarissa Ward
Designed by Matt Dorfman

Lives Of The Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
Designed by Matt Dorfman

News by Alan Rusbridger

How To Be A Good Wife by Emma J. Chapman
Designed by Olga Grlic

Nine Days by Stephen Kendrick and Paul Kendrick
Designed by June Park
