Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Visitors to a traveling book exhibit on display at the University Press of Kansas can peruse 84 award-winning publication designs printed in 2005 and judged last year.
The Association of American University Presses Book, Jacket and Journal Show doesn’t highlight words on the page. Instead, it focuses on the typography, design and layout of the books’ covers and interiors, said Sara Henderson White, assistant to the director at the University Press of Kansas.
Jurors at the AAUP in New York looked at more than 650 submitted books, jackets, covers and journals in late winter of last year. White said the exhibit, on display until March 15, would show that books aren’t on their way out — the feel, layout, art and overall creativity of a book sets it apart from other sources of reading.
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Jurors at the AAUP in New York looked at more than 650 submitted books, jackets, covers and journals in late winter of last year.
“The way your eye looks at it and relates it to the subject matter is totally different from online,” White said.
Karl Janssen, advertising coordinator and marketing designer for the University Press of Kansas, located near Bob Billings Parkway and Crestline Drive, said the books on display helped provide new ideas for designing.
“They’re excellent, some really beautiful stuff from a design standpoint,” he said.
Janssen is the only designer for the University Press of Kansas. He says at times, he’s working on a dozen projects at once, compiling photos, choosing typefaces and selecting colors.
The books and jackets in the exhibit were published in 2005 by 127 member presses of the AAUP, including Duke, Yale, Penn State University and Oxford. The University of Kansas is a member of the group, but was not selected for this year’s exhibit.
The University Press of Kansas publishes about 55 publications per year from six universities in Kansas. Publications are typically in fields of political science, American studies and environmental history.
Subramanian Natarajan, a retired banker from India studying to be an accountant, flipped through several of the books at the display. He said the book designs allowed him to appreciate art through the medium.
“Each one is so beautifully designed,” he said. “This is something really creative and original.”
Some students know the tedious nature of book design.
Scott Starrett, Overland Park senior, is in his fourth semester helping to design Kiosk, a student-run art and literature book published twice per year. He said an essential part of designing the book is coming up with a new concept to help set it apart.
“It usually just takes an idea, and you grow from it,” Starrett said.
Kansan staff writer Brian Lewis-Jones can be contacted at
bljones@kansan.com.
— Edited by Joe Caponio
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