The vinyl sleeves come to life with jazz. It is a whole graphic universe that makes the music heard, through the illustration or the photo.

Si les imprimeurs ont souvent fait des couilles, elles ne datent pas d’hier. Coquilles et ortografe ne sont pas qu’une affaire de correcteurs.

If Louis Dufay’s name has fallen into oblivion, one of his inventions will be remembered: the heliophore, the kinetic paper that shone in the 60s.

Last chapter on french publishing houses, the split between Poche and Folio, the graphic inventors, and the return of the beautiful independent book.

From Penguin Editions to the birth of graphic design, the cover is an open book on the social mores of a country and an era.

Under the influence of Japan, France or Russia, book covers are constantly evolving with technical progress and crises.

From codex to colour printing!
Here is the first part of this series of articles sweeping the evolution of book covers to the present day, through the most striking revolutions.


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