I was first introduced to Rachel Cusk’s work during one of my recurring perusals in those typical Berlin niche bookstores that also serve as art spaces, coffee shops, and reading spaces all at once. It wasn’t on the staff picks shelf but prominently placed on the table right in front of the entrance for anyone to see or bump into. I was not familiar with the author, who had been publishing books since 1993, but like hundreds of thousands of people, I picked up Outline (first published in 2014) because of its cover design (the graphic designer Rodrigo Corral has been behind so many of the most recognizable books to date). The clean, sharp, generous, white borders, paired with the vibrant close-up image of a seashell, stood up from a mountain of full-bleed images, traditional of book cover designs.
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I was first introduced to Rachel Cusk’s work during one of my recurring perusals in those typical Berlin niche bookstores that also serve as art spaces, coffee shops, and reading spaces all at once. It wasn’t on the staff picks shelf but prominently placed on the table right in front of the entrance for anyone to see or bump into. I was not familiar with the author, who had been publishing books since 1993, but like hundreds of thousands of people, I picked up Outline (first published in 2014) because of its cover design (the graphic designer Rodrigo Corral has been behind so many of the most recognizable books to date). The clean, sharp, generous, white borders, paired with the vibrant close-up image of a seashell, stood up from a mountain of full-bleed images, traditional of book cover designs.