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Brooklyn Book Festival debuts official 2017 festival art poster

August 15, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Poster courtesy of BKBF, created by Adrian Tomine and Rodrigo Corral
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The Brooklyn Book Festival (BKBF), New York City’s largest free literary festival, has unveiled this year’s poster created by award-winning illustrator Adrian Tomine and award-winning designer Rodrigo Corral.

From posters to online portals and social media streams, the 2017 Brooklyn Book Festival is beautifully branded with Tomine and Corral’s dynamic designbook-toting New Yorkers of all ages and backgrounds swirling around the subway kiosk that serves Brooklyn Borough Hall. The poster is truly a celebration of the written word and an homage to the borough where the international festival takes place.

Tomine and Corral continue a tradition inaugurated last year when famed author and designer Chip Kidd produced his original design for the first-ever festival poster.

“The Brooklyn Book Festival is thrilled to have renowned cartoonist and illustrator Adrian Tomine design the 2017 Festival poster,” said Liz Koch, co-producer of BKBF. “His beautifully rendered image captures the vibe — hip, smart, diverse — of the festival, and of book lovers from all walks of life who turn out each year. Graphic designer Rodrigo Corral developed Adrian’s spirited image into a full-fledged classic art poster.”

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“I’ve been to the Brooklyn Book Festival as a featured author, an on-stage interviewer, a browsing customer, and a beleaguered dad, and it’s been an unfailingly great experience every time,” Tomine said. “It’s my annual reminder that not only do people still care deeply about books, they care about the people who make the books, and most importantly, they care about browsing and buying books in the physical realm. The festival is pretty high on my list of things that make me glad I live here, so it was an honor to illustrate the poster.”

 


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