Vintage book covers spring to life via hypnotic, geometric animations
In his Covers series, the German animator Henning M Lederer envisions a world where classic book covers spring to spectacular and satisfyingly geometric life. Lederer’s third instalment, Even More Covers, features midcentury editions of philosophy, science and logic classics, including Plato’s Republic, Karl Popper’s The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934), and R D Laing’s The Divided Self (1960), alongside a wide array of textbooks. With appropriately minimalist music by Tilman Grundig to accompany the twisting and spinning of the sparse designs, the viewing experience is perhaps even easier to get lost in than a good read.
Video by Henning M Lederer
videoHistory of science
Insect aesthetics – long viewed as pests, in the 16th century bugs became beautiful
8 minutes
videoNature and landscape
After independence, Mexico was in search of identity. These paintings offered a blueprint
15 minutes
videoMathematics
Spiral into the ‘golden ratio’ – and separate the myths from the maths
4 minutes
videoArt
A young Rockefeller collects art on a fateful journey to New Guinea
7 minutes
videoArchitecture
A lush tour of Fallingwater – the Frank Lloyd Wright design that changed architecture
14 minutes
videoArt
Defying classification, fantastical artworks reframe the racism of Carl Linnaeus
8 minutes
