WORK SHOWCASE: Swindler & Swindler

This week, the Directory of Illustration is proud to highlight new work from Swindler & Swindler, represented by Folio Illustration Agency.

Illustrator: Swindler & Swindler

Client: Wordsworth Editions

Agent: Folio Illustration Agency

FROM THE ARTIST: “They are finally here. Oh joy! Six classic books dressed up in gold, copper and silver foils on fabric covers. Please enjoy these little marvels illustrated for Wordsworth Editions. It is such a pleasure to see them in real life.

Making book covers was definitely a wish on my work-wishlist and I’m glad it turned out so well. For this project, Rémy came back to the studio to work on the typography part and I must say the result is beyond expectation. Typography and botanic, we reunited with our very own identity !

For this project, we thought a lot about how to create a series effect without loosing every book’s spirit. For that we chose to create one single bold and elegant typography that would suit every story. This one would have variations in it to recreate unicity on every book cover. Same, same but different.

For the illustration aspect, we tried to evoke the spirit of every book before opening it. Can you feel it?”

~ Margot Reverdy