Mr Griffin

Books are objects people live with

Mr Griffin is an independent publishing house from the north of Spain. They wanted covers for Mrs Danvers, a collection brilliantly curated by my brother Yago, that could carry the weight of good writing. Something honest, warm, unexpected.

Literature that feels like finding a letter meant for you

They understand books are objects people live with. Things you carry, leave on tables, lend to friends. Literature that feels like finding a letter meant for you.

Queens and collage

For the collection I paired Queens, a modern serif by Klim Type Foundry, with Xoana Elias's whimsical collages. Two consistent elements that give the series a recognizable visual language across every cover.

Atractiva jugada perdedora — Ainhoa Rebolledo

Hands holding a book while a birdcage replaces the head. The anxiety of anticipating heartbreak, the impossibility of escaping your own wiring. That red typography doubles down on the urgency. You're trapped in your own story, reading it as you live it. The cage is locked from the inside.

Como puedo — Macarena Trigo

Ochre for memories. A woman's silhouette tending to her own head like a garden. Against all that white, the image holds its ground. The vastness preserves the integrity of the idea: you can cultivate yourself, but you're still alone with the work.

Sin noticias del mundo animal — Javier Echalecu

Green like oxidized copper on cathedral domes, that particular patina of time and weather. Fifty-five pieces about wanting to be anywhere but here. The figure walking through that oval portal isn't escaping, they're migrating. Following that old curse Cernuda talked about: the desire to change places. Against all that white, the wandering becomes the point.

Year

2025

Discipline

Editorial design

Role

Creative direction

Client

Mr Griffin

Collection

Mrs Danvers

Illustrator

Xoana Elias

Typeface

Queens by Klim Type Foundry

Creative direction — Orlando F. Ruiz

Collection curation — Yago F. Ruiz

Illustration — Xoana Elias

Typeface — Klim Type Foundry, Queens

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