5 Comments » September 26, 2008 in Art & Books by Martin Skivington

Art: Redesigning The Bible

This is a stunning book-sleeve for The Holy Bible commissioned from the Crush agency.

It unquestionably brings the Holy Book comfortably into the contemporary book shop realm, but say what you like, the patter still sounds ancient!

Design agency Crush were set a tough challenge…

Posted in Art & Books by Martin Skivington on September 26, 2008.

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5 RESPONSES

• el jorgeluis says:
  09.28.08

  interesante bible!!! me gusta… GOOD!!!!

• Un nuevo diseño para la Biblia « Simbelmynë! says:
  09.30.08

  [...] Design Agency Crush Makeover The Bible [...]

• thejA!RU says:
  11.17.08

  …you just couldn’t resist huh Martin? It never amazes me how people feel so free to ridicule the bible but lov’a fortune cookie or wise Chinese proverb. For such ancient ‘patter’ its done incredibly well in describing and aiding the world we live in. Look at it indiscriminately man…and stop perpetuating uninformed bias.

• Martin S says:
  11.19.08

  jA!RU- you’re entitled to your opinion- and thank you for expressing it here- but I think you’ve misinterpreted me.

  It was a light-hearted point about the contradiction present in the combinination of ancient (words) and modern (design) aesthetics.

  I used ‘patter’ as an casual term for ‘prose’ or ‘verse’, not as a derogatory term.

• Cubiertas de la biblia | Noticias says:
  02.20.09

  [...] de Crush visto en Criterion. Y no te pierdas: Cubiertas de libros. Tipografía Amazon. Enredándonos con [...]

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