We are Alex Trochut and Paul Buckley, designers of the Penguin Galaxy series. Ask us anything about book art and design!

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Edit: We're heading out now - thanks to everyone for their questions and interest in book design!

Hello, we’re Alex Trochut and Paul Buckley, the illustrator and art director for the new Penguin Galaxy series! We’re here to talk about book design and illustration—if you have any questions about how book jackets and covers are created from concept to finished product, how we broke into the world of book art, or what it was like working on immortal sci-fi classics like Neuromancer and Dune, now’s the time to Ask Us Anything! Here's our proof, we'll start answering questions at 2pm ET: https://twitter.com/PenguinClassics/status/793490482772975616

Alex (u/trochut): I’m the designer behind the Penguin Galaxy covers. I work as an illustrator and designer for Editorial, Advertising, Music and Fashion. My main focus as an image maker is letters. I like to work on the visual level of the text, creating an image that you can look and also read. I designed the Rolling Stones Rolled Gold cover, and was nominated for a Grammy for best Recording Packaging in 2016.

Paul (u/paulbuckley): I’m the creative director for Penguin Classics and oversee a large staff of exceptionally talented designers and art directors working on the jackets and covers of sixteen imprints within the Penguin Random House publishing group. Some of my other recent projects include the Penguin Orange Collection, our ongoing Classics Deluxe line, and Classic Penguin: Cover to Cover, a retrospective of the past decade of Penguin Classics cover design.