In the ’60s and ’70s, the lurid, fanciful covers of science-fiction and fantasy paperbacks didn’t usually waste much time with typography. Instead, the designers put all of their efforts into ...

Penguin has been publishing high-quality paperbacks of classic science fiction since the late 1950s. As times change, you can see how the book covers move from stately red and black (above) to crazed ...

Cover to Cover, a new book from Penguin Classics, is the closest I can get to looking at pornography in the office. I’ve stared at it for hours, flipping back and forth between covers I’ve passed a ...

Want to cover all your walls in books, but don’t have space for any more shelves? Now you can buy wallpaper printed with the classic Penguin Books paperback designs. Fabric and wallpaper maker Osborne ...

Artist/designer Chris Thornley has taken some of your favorite Smiths songs and fashioned them into book covers in the style of Penguin classics. You might say these are two classic, working-class ...

Eighty years ago today, one of the most influential publishing houses in Britain was born. On July 30 1935, inspired by the work of the German publisher Albatross Books, Allen Lane founded Penguin ...

Fantasy fiction is thriving – and so its visual language. Here, art director Beci Kelly shares her tips for standing out in a rapidly growing market Fantasy publishing is no longer a niche corner of ...