Peter Mendelsund
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/ Cover Designer · 94/100 · Excellent
Former Vintage/Knopf art director; now design partner at McSweeney's. Reference work on Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy, Kafka redesigns, and theoretical books on cover design (What We See When We Read, Cover).
/ 01 / Subscore Breakdown
How the grade decomposes.
Composition Quality/ 25% weight
96
Concept Strength/ 22% weight
96
Production Standards/ 20% weight
92
Commercial Performance/ 18% weight
92
Award & Critical Recognition/ 15% weight
94
/ 02 / Designer / Publisher Notes
Best for / Watch out for.
/ Best for
Literary fiction with theoretical / philosophical resonance seeking conceptual abstraction over photo-realism.
/ Watch out for
McSweeney's transition limits commercial-publisher availability.
/ 03 / Editorial Timeline
What's on the record.
2022
Joins McSweeney's as design partner
2014
Cover monograph published; What We See When We Read
2007
Redesigns Vintage Kafka — defining series