Vintage Tanizaki

I collaborated with Penguin Books to design seven covers for the Vintage Tanizaki collection, creating original visual interpretations of Jun’ichiro Tanizaki’s stories while keeping the series cohesive, atmospheric and connected as a set across the wider book collection.

Credits: Art Direction Suzanne Dean

Illustration, Concept Development

Illustrated Vintage Classics cover for The Makioka Sisters by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, featuring a woman in kimono holding a yellow fan.

Illustrated Vintage Classics cover for Diary of a Mad Old Man by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, featuring a large pink peony against a dark teal background.

CONTEXT

The series needed to feel connected as a collection while still giving each book its own mood, tension and sense of mystery.

APPROACH

I developed a series of artworks that balanced restraint and atmosphere, using composition, symbolism and subtle details to reflect the themes inside each story.

CONTEXT

The series needed to feel connected as a collection while still giving each book its own mood, tension and sense of mystery.

APPROACH

I developed a series of artworks that balanced restraint and atmosphere, using composition, symbolism and subtle details to reflect the themes inside each story.

CONTEXT

The series needed to feel connected as a collection while still giving each book its own mood, tension and sense of mystery.

APPROACH

I developed a series of artworks that balanced restraint and atmosphere, using composition, symbolism and subtle details to reflect the themes inside each story.

Illustrated Vintage Classics cover for Quicksand by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, showing two women in blue kimono standing beneath falling blossoms.

Illustrated Vintage Classics cover for The Key by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, showing a seated woman in a green kimono beside bamboo and an open book.

Illustrated Vintage Classics cover for Some Prefer Nettles by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, showing autumn maple branches and falling leaves.

Illustrated Vintage Classics cover for The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, showing scattered samurai armour and arrows.