Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Penguin Classics with Classic Penguin: Cover to Cover with Senior Vice President and Executive Creative Director, Paul Buckley and Elda Rotor, Vice President and Publisher of Penguin Classics.
On Tuesday September 27th, at 6.30pm, launching our new fall season of Labor, Literature and Landmark Lectures, The General Society is delighted to announce that our first program will celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Penguin Classics with Classic Penguin: Cover to Cover with Senior Vice President and Executive Creative Director, Paul Buckley and Elda Rotor, Vice President and Publisher of Penguin Classics.
During this special program Mr. Buckley and Ms. Rotor will provide a visual overview of the innovative covers that have put Penguin Classics at the forefront of the book design world.
They will discuss how since the launch of Penguin Classics in 1946, innovative cover design has been one of its defining aspects. Today, Penguin Classics remains at the leading edge of the book-design world. In Classic Penguin: Cover to Cover, Mr Buckley and Ms. Rotor will provide a curated tour of Penguin Classics’ recent art design history, beginning with the now-iconic redesign of the signature Penguin Classics black-spine series in 2003 and moving through award-winning series like the Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe Editions, Penguin Drop Caps, and Penguin Horror, to new series such as Penguin Galaxy and the Penguin Orange Collection.
Classic Penguin: Cover to Cover exhibits a mesmerizing array of front covers and full cover layouts, during his talk, Mr. Buckley will illuminate the unique and inventive approaches to typography, image, and design that grace the covers of the best works in literature.
The program will be followed by a book signing and reception, and will take place in The General Society Library at 20 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
Admission is free. Reservations are necessary. To reserve your place, please email [email protected]
LIBRARY BOOK SALE
Please note that there will also be that evening a Book Sale of donated and deaccessioned books at reduced price to benefit the Library, however this will not include Classic Penguin: Cover to Cover which will be sold at normal retail price.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
