In June the AIGA, the professional association for design, announced the results of the 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2020 competition. My book, Delirium was one of those selected and one of the best-designed books of 2020. With 696 book and cover design entries from 36 countries, this year’s competition recognizes and showcases design excellence from a year marked by unparalleled change.
Since its inception in 1923 as the Fifty Books of the Year competition, this annual event highlights AIGA’s continued commitment to uplifting powerful and compelling design in a familiar format we know and love. As book jackets became more prevalent, the competition evolved with the field to acknowledge excellence in cover design beginning in 1995 when the competition became known as 50 Books | 50 Covers.
The 50 Books | 50 Covers winners can be viewed in the AIGA winner gallery.
The 2020 winning selections will be archived both in the AIGA Design Archives—a permanent, accessible, and historic collection of notable graphic design—and the AIGA collection at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University’s Butler Library in the city of New York.
AIGA thanks this year’s panel of esteemed jurors: Gail Anderson (chair), Jennifer Morla, Paul Sahre, and Kelly Walters. The jurors evaluated each work’s integrated design approach, including concept, innovation, and visual elements such as typography, illustration, and/or information design.
I would like to thank the AIGA and the jurors for selecting my book.
