leanne shapton: wooden books, designs and illustrations

canadian-born leanne shapton is an illustrator, author, art director and publisher based in new york city. having worked at a number of magazines during her career shapton is currently the art director of the new york times op-ed page. she is also the co-founder (with photographer jason fulford), of J&L books, an internationally-distributed not-for-profit imprint specializing in art and photography books.

‘wooden books’, (also shown in first image) – blocks of wood cut at various sizes and illustrated by hand.

lettering and illustration for book cover. designer: paul buckley

DVD cover for the criterion collection. art director: eric skillman

cover for TIME style and design issue. design director: henry connell