Since 1923, AIGA's "50 Books/50 Covers" competition has recognized excellence in book design and production.
This exhibition showcases selections from the "AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2008" competition, which aims to identify the best-designed books and book covers published in 2008.
Selections were made by a distinguished jury that included Jane Brown, Distributed Art Publishers (D.A.P.), Los Angeles; Rodrigo Corral, Rodrigo Corral Design, New York; Vanessa Eckstein, Bløk Design, Mexico City; Franc Nunoo Quarcoo University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore; and Brett Yasko, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Each year, the competition selections are published in AIGA's online archives, featured in an annual publication, exhibited at the AIGA National Design Center and preserved in the AIGA Design Archives at the Denver Art Museum in Colorado.
In addition, selections from each year's "50 Books/50 Covers" competition are housed in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University.
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