Foreword: The Art of Book Design
Speaker
John Gall

About John Gall

John Gall is the art director for Vintage/Anchor Books. His award-winning cover designs for Alfred A Knopf, Grove Press and CD packages for Nonesuch records have been recognized by the AIGA, Art Directors Club, Print, Graphis, and ID magazine and are featured in the books: Next: The New Generation of Graphic Design; Less Is More; and the forthcoming By Its Cover: Modern American Book Cover Design.

He has also written about graphic design covering an array of topics from the history of Grove Press to contemporary skateboard graphics. His first book Sayonara Home Run! The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card will be published in Spring 2006.