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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Book designs from the Penguin Great Ideas series
Walter Benjamin, 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction'

We Made This has just reported the third volume of Penguin's Great Ideas series is about to hit the shelves. Some classic works of literature, philosophy and critical theory are being playfully repackaged for a generation of hip new readers. Designer David Pearson has introduced a new cover for Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, which simply reproduces the image from the spine across the front cover of the book.


Sigmund Freud, 'Civilization and its Discontents' Albert Camus, 'The Myth of Sisyphus'


You can see more of Pearson's designs at his official website, which includes his work on volume one, volume two and volume three of the Penguin series.