Tom Etherington is a book cover designer, graphic designer, and art director based in London. Tom specializes in design for print and publishing. After working in-house as a designer for Penguin Books in London, he became a full-time freelancer in 2022.
In 2021, while working at Penguin, Tom designed a set of 20 book covers for their Green Ideas collection. From It’s Nice That:
The series comes hot on the heels of Penguin’s Great Ideas series, which consisted of 90 books similar in not only size and length but their promise to be radically different and groundbreaking essays, which the publisher felt should be revived into circulation. “There is a new generation of readers who are passionate about the environment. These are canonical writers and it’s important that their ideas are being published and read,” says Etherington.
You can see the complete set from this collection on Penguin’s website here.
Tom Etherington also developed a series look for 4 Jack Kerouac novels for Penguin back in 2018. You can read more about that series re-design here (also via It’s Nice That).
Previous clients and collaborators include David Gentleman, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Faber & Faber, Fantastic Man, Granta, Hay Festival, Hodinkee, Hoxton Mini Press, Knopf, Maxïmo Park, New York Times, and Penguin Random House.
