John Gall: Recipe 037 Artwork A good thing to have

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designing and over­seeing the design of hundreds of book covers each year

His designs often feature cosmic and mathematical images that suggest his futuristic viewpoint

But we discovered that we’d assembled a collection of hearts without even trying

While it’s true that letters are things and not pictures of things

John Gall: Recipe 037 Artwork A good thing to haveJohn Gall is the creative director for the publisher Alfred A. Knopf, designing and overseeing the design of hundreds of book covers each year. In an effort to forget what he knew about design, in 2008 he began to make collages for his own pleasure. While collage had long been part of his work as a designer, this piece is not related to any book or design problem. It is simply about seeing what might happen when something is added, taken away, or