A pleasant surprise popped in the mail the other day. “The Urban Imperative” for which I had done the cover had finally been published after a few years. This book was produced by the World Bank and it was one of those unusual cases where the cover art has been finished but the book went through many revisions before the final version. The editors, Edward Glaeser and Abha Joshi-Ghani requested an image which caught the energy of modern cities and older villages merging into one. Since it was a global study, the imagery needed an international feel.
This cover was denser than my normal work because we wanted to catch the energy of densely populated urban centers. In the end, it turned out to be one of my favorite covers for a book. Much thanks to Mihae Kim (AD) and the editors from the World Bank for a satisfying project.
