He is probably best known for his cover design for the first Penguin paperback edition of D. H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover. [1] He did much of the cover art for the Penguin Poets series in the early 1960s. [1] [2]

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Stephen Russ [1919 - 1983] After an education in Bath and attending the Royal College Stephen became a lecturer at Bath Academy of Art where he was in charge of printed textiles. He also worked as an illustrator for Collins, Bodley Head and Penguin. He did the patterned covers for the series of Penguin Poets dating from the early 1960's..

2010年10月6日 · Stephen Russ produced these jacket designs/illustrations for the Penguin Poetry series during the 1960s [they feel very fresh and contemporary though no?]. See here for a fairly substantial archive of his work.

2014年8月31日 · A classic 50's book jacket designed by Stephen Russ (1919-1983). Russ studied at the Royal College of Art in the 1930's under Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious and worked as a freelance designer/illustrator for many publishers in the UK.

2011年2月7日 · Penguin Scores, the lovely music series of books designed by Jan Tschichold in 1949, was recognizeable by the landscape format, Garamond titles and label and the beautiful background patterns illustrated by Stephen Russ, Elizabeth …

Stephen Russ, cover design for The Penguin Poets, W. H. Auden, 1966. England. Via BrindledVintageBooks

A site that has pages dedicated to Stephen Russ (direct link in url) and his designs for the Penguin Poets series.

This is one of the series of Penguin Poets produced between 1963 and 1966 - most, including this one, were designed by Stephen Russ: information on him here, and some worshipping here. The style originated in the early Fifties with the Penguin Music Scores - I'll post a few of those some time - several of which were also Russ designs.

This was actually my first Penguin Poet; the one that caught my interest. It's a Stephen Russ pattern and amongst my favourite colour combinations: Ochre, Black and White. The motifs are rather like Emigre's Whirligig font. Like many PPs, this startling design is particularly appealling and whenever I stumble across a copy I find it almost ...