Varia Solod

(graphic designer&artist)

Varia Solod

My life in art (book cover)

EDITORIAL
PERSONAL

My Life in Art is the autobiography of the Russian actor and theatre director Konstantin Stanislavski. It was first commissioned while Stanislavski was in the United States on tour with the Moscow Art Theatre, and was first published in Boston, Massachusetts in English in 1924. It was later revised and published in a Russian-language edition in Moscow.

It is divided into 4 sections entitled: 1-Artistic Childhood, 2-Artistic Youth,
3-Artistic Adolescence and 4-Artistic Adulthood.
This is a rework of a book, published in 1962 in USSR, found in my home library.

OLD COVER

Some letters from the old book cover
which I’ve modified and reworked

NEW COVER / FINAL RESULT
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To create a consistent picture, centered around the existing typography, the overall book cover structure, as well as creating an illustration, which compliments the typography, rather than overpowers it.

13.5 x 21 cm
575 pages

2025