Penguin Threads – Clever Design

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Arts, Book design, Books, Classics, Cover art, Covers, Embroidery, Jillian Tamaki, Literature, Paul Buckley, Penguin Threads, Rachell Sumpter

Penguin Threads Secret Garden Book Jacket Designed by Jillian Tamaki

Penguin Threads Secret Garden Book Front Designed by Jillian Tamaki
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Commissioned by award-winning Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the Penguin Threads series debuted with cover art by the supremely talented Jillian Tamaki. I was blown away by her exquisitely embroidered classics book-covers and particularly love her Secret Garden cover.

Penguin Threads Black Beauty Book Jacket Designed by Jillian Tamaki

Penguin Threads Emma Book Jacket Designed by Jillian Tamaki
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The series now continues with cover art by Rachell Sumpter – beautiful gift-worthy classics. The covers are sketched out in a traditional illustrative manner and then hand-stitched using a needle and thread. The final covers are sculpt embossed for a tactile, textured and beautiful book design. See what you think…

Penguin Threads The Wind in The Willows Book Jacket Designed by Rachell Sumpter

Penguin Threads The Wind in The Willows Book Cover Designed by Rachell Sumpter

Penguin Threads The Wizard of Oz Book Jacket Designed by Rachell Sumpter

Penguin Threads The Wizard of Oz Book Cover Designed by Rachell Sumpter

Penguin Threads Little Women Book Jacket Designed by Rachell Sumpter

Penguin Threads Little Women Book Cover Designed by Rachell Sumpter
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If you’d like to learn more about the Penguin Threads or the Penguin Classics range, you can check out the website here.