John Gall (designer)

{{Short description|American graphic designer}}

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John Gall (born 1963 in New Jersey), is an American graphic designer known primarily for the design of book covers.

He is a graduate of Rutgers University.{{cite web|url=http://www.stepinsidedesign.com/STEPMagazine/Article/28770/|title=VINTAGE John Gall|date=August 19, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819071021/http://www.stepinsidedesign.com/STEPMagazine/Article/28770/|archivedate=August 19, 2010|url-status=bot: unknown}}

Gall is currently the creative director of Alfred A. Knopf. He was formerly creative director of Abrams Books, and prior to that, vice president and art director for Vintage Books and Anchor Books, both imprints of Random House. He is well known for the minimal wit in his design style and is notable for the sheer number of book covers he has designed. His awards include over 60 AIGA Annual Awards.{{Cite web | url=http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/entries/%20credits%3A%22John%20Gall%22/credits%3A%22John%20Gall%22/grid/relevance/desc/0/16/120 |title = AIGA Design Archives}} He has also worked with Alfred A. Knopf, Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Grove Press. Gall has also designed CD covers for Nonesuch Records.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

Among the authors for whom Gall has designed several covers are Haruki Murakami,{{Cite web|url=https://www.yellowtrace.com.au/kissa-tanto-restaurant-bar-vancouver-ste-marie/|title=Kissa Tanto Restaurant & Bar in Vancouver by Ste. Marie.|last=Yellowtrace|first=Team|date=November 27, 2016|website=Yellowtrace|language=en-US|access-date=March 26, 2020}} Margaret Atwood, and Don DeLillo.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

His work is featured in By Its Cover: Modern American Book Cover Design by Ned Drew and Paul Sternberger, Less is More: The New Simplicity in Graphic Design by Steve Heller and Anne Fink. In addition to his work as art director and designer, Gall is an instructor at the School of Visual Arts.{{cite web|url=http://designobserver.com/author/john--gall/2047/ |title=Design Observer |accessdate=February 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125045040/http://designobserver.com/author/john--gall/2047/ |archivedate=November 25, 2011 }}