John Gall: Untitled (no date) noordzijbooks from the time (c

from the time (c

We should probably save this for when we open Katherine Large Gallery and have enough room to show it

A lovely thing

This wasn’t done for commercial publishers

This stunning diptych celebrates two eminent American presses

John Gall: Untitled (no date) noordzijbooks from the time (cJohn 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