Passionate about Penguin

I've been going a little Penguin crazy lately. It all started with wanting to jazz up our study and I decided that some literary decorations were the way to go, starting with a big Penguin collage which I made from the Penguin postcards set (still a work in progress as you can see).

Then I realized that you can also download PDF's on the Penguin website with the covers of their gorgeous Red Editions of which 50% of the profits go directly to the Global Fund to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. The Vanity Fair one is my absolute favorite so I had it made into a poster. I was considering getting a few printed and doing a “Red” wall but we just don't have the space seeing as our hallway was recently consumed by New Yorker covers.


All these covers have actually ignited my apparently dormant passion for book design, making Penguin 75 (a beautiful book celebrating 75 years of Penguin cover Design) a must have. I have to admit, there are some really stunning covers in there from the classic orange ones to some by pretty awesome guest designers such as Chris Ware, Ruben Toledo and Charles Burns. My inner girly girl was quivering from aesthetic delight.

To top things off, I also bought a Penguin mug so I can now sip my morning coffee from Jane Austen's masterpiece Pride and Prejudice.


Slowly but surely, Penguin is taking over my life.