BODIES

Bodies
Susie Orbach

Cover design for the latest in Profile Books' BIG IDEAS series.

Some thirty years after the publication of the bestselling Fat is a Feminist Issue, Susie Orbach argues that the way we view our bodies has become the mirror of how we view ourselves with our body bearing the measure of our worth. In this book she raises fundamental questions about how we arrived here and proposes new theory on how we become embodied.

Publisher: Profile Books, 2008
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Bloody Old Britain

Bloody Old Britain
O.G.S. Crawford and the Archaeology of Modern Life
O.G.S. Crawford on Wikipedia
Publisher: Granta Books, 2008

The Liberal Defence of Murder

The Liberal Defence of Murder
Publisher: Verso, 2008
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A Short Border Handbook

A Short Border Handbook
By Gazmend Kapllani
Publisher: Portobello, 2009

From the book's blurb:

A Short Border Handbook offers a unique perspective on being an immigrant, any immigrant, anywhere – Kapllani, who left Albania in 1991 to make his home in Greece, diagnoses the malaise of ‘border syndrome’ by relating his own experience and that of his fellow migrants and reflects what it means to them and to all of us.

Kapllani tells the story of his own perilous crossing over the mountains of Albania to reach ‘the-world-beyond-the-borders’ – Greece, whose twinkling electric lights seemed to offer freedom, riches and love. On arriving in the Promised Land, however, he finds that reality does not match his fantasy. Instead of a warm welcome from his long-lost Greek cousins, he is locked up in a detention centre in a small border town. Gazmend and his fellow immigrants try to find jobs and begin to plan their future lives, imagining successes which always remain just beyond their grasp. The sheer absurdity of both their plans and their new lives is overwhelming.

Kapllani interweaves this tragicomic tale of lost illusions with a set of acerbic, elegant reflections on the immigrant condition. Neither natives nor migrants emerge unscathed. Both detached and involved, ironic and emotional, Kapllani’s meditations on borders reveal a mental state as much as a geographical experience, and create a brilliantly observed, original and hilarious debut.

Ink on Paper

On the rise of the E-book and threats to traditional publishing.
Photography: Dan Mogford

Granta Magazine #103

Cover illustration for Granta issue 103

How I Learned to Stop Worryingand Love Neil Diamond

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond
By David Wild
Publisher: Old Street Publishing, 2008
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In this intimate insider’s portrait of Neil Diamond, the singer-songwriter behind such enduring anthems as ‘Cherry, Cherry’, ‘Sweet Caroline’, and ‘Forever in Blue Jeans’, Rolling Stone journalist David Wild examines Diamond’s singular place in the pantheon of popular music, and describes how an introspective kid from Brooklyn went from being a struggling Brill Building songwriter to become a multi-platinum global superstar and the voice of a generation.

The Thin Blue Line

The Thin Blue Line
How Humanitarianism Went to War
Publisher: Verso, 2008
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Stop Me if You've Heard This

Stop Me if You've Heard This
A history and philosophy of jokes.
Geddit? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink etc.
Publisher: Profile Books, 2008
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Granta & Portobello Books - Catalogue

Design of new books catalogue for two independent British publishers.
Portobello, Granta Books

The Konkans

The Konkans
By Tony D'Souza
Publisher: Portobello, 2008

The Philosopher and the Wolf

The Philosopher and the Wolf
Publisher: Granta Books, 2008

Dancing on Ice

Dancing on Ice
By Jeremy Scott
Publisher: Old Street Publishing, 2008
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In 1930 Gino Watkins led a group of fourteen intrepid and largely inexperienced young men, including the author’s father,
on a year-long expedition to the Arctic.

Their stated aim was to find an air-route over the polar regions, charting the shortest distance between Europe and America and thus paving the way for passenger air travel. But the real motives were deeper and more complex. Too young to have fought in the war that had taken so heavy a toll on their parents’ generation, they found themselves unable to accept the comfortable, dull life that England seemed to offer. They thirsted for adventure, for risk, for the chance to prove their mettle. In the words of one of their group, they wanted to ‘do something big’.

CAPTIVES

Captives
By Todd Hasak-Lowy
Publisher: Doubleday / Random House, New York, 2008
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A F R I C A

Africa
By Richard Dowden
Publisher: Portobello, 2008

CORVUS

Corvus: A Life with Birds
Publisher: Granta Books, 2008

Savage Mules

Savage Mules
By Dennis Perrin
Publisher: Verso, 2008
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The Smoking Diaries, Limited edition boxset

The Smoking Diaries VOL I-III

The Smoking Diaries VOL I-III
Publisher: Granta Books, 2008
The designs for the paperback editions of Simon Gray's brilliant diaries. Now sadly being published posthumously as Simon died on August 6th 2008.

'Few writers – even those who present a carefully nurtured, self-deprecatory public image – have pursued so many careers, all involving ferociously committed hard graft, as Simon Gray. Successful as academic, novelist and dramatist for stage, television and radio, he found in several volumes as a later-life memoirist the ideal outlet for a rich seam of material, variously bilious, hilarious, irascible and on occasion deeply affecting, as he reflected on his life as an accident-prone, chain-smoking ex-alcoholic and, latterly, cancer-suffering writer.'

Independent, 8/8/08

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Fishing in Utopia

Fishing in Utopia
Publisher: Granta Books, 2008
Sweden and the future that disappeared
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DEMOCRACY

Democracy
Publisher: Profile Books, 2008
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COMPLAINT

Complaint
Publisher: Profile Books, 2008
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The Threat to Reason

The Threat to Reason
Publisher: Verso, 2008
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HOTEL ELEPHANT

Design of catalogue and supporting materials for an artist's exhibition.

The Last Cigarete

The Last Cigarette – Simon Gray
Publisher: Granta Books, 2008
The final volume in Simon Gray's excellent Smoking Diaries trilogy...
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We-Think

We-Think
Publisher: Profile Books, 2008
We-think the website
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Politics Noir

Politics Noir
Publisher: Verso, 2008
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The Coup

The Coup
Publisher: Old Street Publishing, 2008
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Morcheeba - Dive Deep

The Ends of the Earth

The Ends of the Earth
Client: Granta Books, 2008
Two anthologies of spectacular writing on the Arctic and Antarctic - in an icy slipcase.
Design & Art Direction: Dan Mogford
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SUPERCONTINENT

Supercontinent
Client: Granta Books, 2008
Ten billion years in the life of our planet...
The original plan was to use just UV Gloss varnish for the type on the front, not grey as here, but I guess that was considered a little too risky by the notoriously risk averse S&M dept... oh well, still turned out punchy I think.
Design & Art Direction: Dan Mogford
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Granta Diary 2008
Client: Granta Books, 2008
Design & Art Direction: Dan Mogford
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Granta Books: catalogue, Spring 08

Granta Books: catalogue, Spring 08
Client: Granta Books, 2008
Design: Dan Mogford
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Profile Books: catalogue cover, Spring 2008

Profile Books: catalogue cover
Publisher: Profile Books, 2008
Design+Illustration: Dan Mogford
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A History of Forgetting

A History of Forgetting, Norman Klein
Publisher: Verso, 2007
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Planet of Slums

Planet of Slums
Publisher: Verso, 2007
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Kafka's Soup

Kafka's Soup
Publisher: Granta Books, 2007
A complete history of literature in 17 recipes
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Welcome to Everytown

Welcome to Everytown – Julian Baggini
Publisher: Granta Books, 2007
Non-Fiction
Design: Dan Mogford
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JUDE: Level 1

JUDE: Level 1
Publisher: Old Street, 2007
Author: Julian Gough
Had huge fun working on this cover for a hugely fun novel :)
Design+Illustration: Dan Mogford
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Profile Books catalogue cover, Autumn 2007

Profile Books: catalogue cover
Publisher: Profile Books, 2007
Illustration for a publisher's catalogue, incorporating a variety of characters from their jacket designs.
Design+Illustration: Dan Mogford
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Hold Everything Dear, John Berger

Hold Everything Dear
Publisher: Verso, 2007
Hold Everything Dear is John Berger’s vital response to today’s global economic and military tyranny. From Hurricane Katrina, 9/11 and 7/7, to resistance in Ramallah and traumatic dislocation in the Middle East.
Design: Dan Mogford
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Talk to the Hand

Talk to the Hand
Publisher: Profile Books, 2006
Design: Dan Mogford
Illustration: Lara Harwood
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Granta Magazine

Granta Magazine
Publisher: Granta, 2005
Fiction, reportage and photography
Design and Art Direction: Dan Mogford
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S P A C E

CCCP6, originally uploaded by dan mogford.

Part of a set of fantastic 1950s soviet matchboxes I found on eBay.

The Smoking Diaries

The Smoking Diaries – Simon Gray
Publisher: Granta Books, 2005
Non-Fiction
Design: Dan Mogford
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Sorrows of Empire

Sorrows of Empire
Publisher: Verso, 2006
Militarism, secrecy and the end of the Republic...
Design+Illustration: Dan Mogford
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High Art Lite

High Art Lite
Publisher: Verso, 2006
Julian Stallabrass takes on the YBAs
Design: Dan Mogford
Photography: The Little Artists
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Big Babies

Big Babies – Michael Bywater
Publisher: Granta Books, 2006
Non-Fiction / Extract
Design+photography: Dan Mogford
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