“We used the illustrations to lengthen or shorten each of the books for the new collection,” he explains. “There are spreads, full pages, square spots and ‘filler’ drawings—these were unusually sized drawings that filled odd gaps that would develop in the normal course of flowing text into our grid. These allowed for control of where text ended and started and helped us avoid widows and orphans and other such awkward typographic moments. Once we assigned specific sketches to certain formats and chapters of the books, Brian ended up having to do new drawings to fill gaps in the layout.” For “Malcolm Gladwell: Collected,” designer Paul Sahre and illustrator Brian Rea created a consistent graphic language for the author’s best-selling books.
“We used the illustrations to lengthen or shorten each of the books for the new collection,” he explains. “There are spreads, full pages, square spots and ‘filler’ drawings—these were unusually sized drawings that filled odd gaps that would develop in the normal course of flowing text into our grid. These allowed for control of where text ended and started and helped us avoid widows and orphans and other such awkward typographic moments. Once we assigned specific sketches to certain formats and chapters of the books, Brian ended up having to do new drawings to fill gaps in the layout.” For “Malcolm Gladwell: Collected,” designer Paul Sahre and illustrator Brian Rea created a consistent graphic language for the author’s best-selling books.

“We used the illustrations to lengthen or shorten each of the books for the new collection,” he explains. “There are spreads, full pages, square spots and ‘filler’ drawings—these were unusually sized drawings that filled odd gaps that would develop in the normal course of flowing text into our grid. These allowed for control of where text ended and started and helped us avoid widows and orphans and other such awkward typographic moments. Once we assigned specific sketches to certain formats and chapters of the books, Brian ended up having to do new drawings to fill gaps in the layout.”

For “Malcolm Gladwell: Collected,” designer Paul Sahre and illustrator Brian Rea created a consistent graphic language for the author’s best-selling books.