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Margaret Atwood Cover Artworks
21 cover for Corriere Della Sera
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The Masterpieces Collection for Corriere della Sera
In 2023, the Balbusso Twins were commissioned to create the official cover artworks for the exclusive collection celebrating the masterpieces of Margaret Atwood, published by Corriere della Sera, Italy's leading national newspaper.
The project features a comprehensive series of 21 cover illustrations spanning the author's most celebrated novels, essays, short stories, and poetry collections. The book covers feature the elegant graphic design and typography layout by XXY Studio, Italy.
A Multi-Award-Winning Collection
This visual series has achieved extraordinary acclaim within the international artistic community, receiving the following prestigious honors:
- Best of Show, 3x3 International Illustration Annual Show 20 (USA).
- GOLD Award, Graphis Design 2025, Graphis Inc. (USA).
- Selected Winner, American Illustration 43 Annual Book and Web Archive (USA).
- Shortlisted, WIA World Illustration Awards (Book Covers Category), The AOI / Directory of Illustrators (UK).
- Honorable Mention, 3x3 International Illustration Annual Show 21 (USA)
The 21 Masterpieces
The collection encompasses visual adaptations for the following timeless works by Margaret Atwood:
The Handmaid's Tale • The Testaments • Alias Grace • Cat's Eye • Surfacing • The Edible Woman • The Penelopiad • The Blind Assassin • Bodily Harm • The Heart Goes Last • Life Before Man • The MaddAddam Trilogy: Oryx and Crake / The Year of the Flood / MaddAddam • Essays & Pieces: Burning Questions / Payback / Negotiating with the Dead • Short Stories & Poetry: The Tent / Dearly / Moral Disorder / Selected Poems 1966–2020
The commercial of the Margaret Atwood's collection Corriere della Sera on the major Italian television channels, made by @zampediverse, illustrations by ©2012-2023 Balbusso Twins, Graphis Design Xxy Studio
AD page Corriere Dealla Sera 2023
Awards and Honors Margaret Atwood Cover Artworks
The Handmaid's Tale — The Folio Society Edition
Our Multi-Award-Winning Illustrated Book
In addition to our newspaper collection, our deep connection with Margaret Atwood's universe is cemented by our milestone deluxe edition of The Handmaid's Tale, published by The Folio Society (2012).
This dystopian novel is set in the near future, within a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States government. The story follows Offred and her role as a Handmaid—women forced to provide children by proxy for infertile wives of high-status Commanders.
We created The Handmaid’s Tale artworks in 2011. Published in 2012, this multi-award-winning Folio Society volume was the very first illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s masterpiece. While the novel achieved massive mainstream popularity after the 2017 TV series, our red handmaids were born six years earlier. Today, this historic edition remains a constant source of inspiration for many artists worldwide.
Our work on this book has been celebrated globally with the industry's highest accolades:
- GOLD Medal (Book Category), “Illustrators 54” Annual Book and Exhibit, Society of Illustrators, New York (USA).
- Silver Medal, 3x3 International Illustration Annual ProShow 9, New York (USA).
- Award of Excellence, Communication Arts Illustration Annual 53 (USA).
- Selected Winner, American Illustration 31 Annual Book and Web Archive (USA).
- Award of Excellence, Applied Arts Magazine, Toronto (Canada
Get Your Copy of This Deluxe Edition
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Folio Society 2012
Our illustrated edition of The Handmaid's Tale is still available for purchase. Click the link below to buy your copy directly from The Folio Society official website and add this multi-award-winning masterpiece to your personal library.
Inside the Book: The Handmaid's Tale Artworks
"A selection of the 6 iconic illustrations featured inside the deluxe edition.
These works define the visual world and the atmospheric tension of our version of Gilead."
An Independent Tribute Series — Official Screen Prints
Our Multi-Award-Winning Poster Set for Dark City Gallery
The Wall • The Mask • The Blood • The Face
In 2011, we were commissioned by The Folio Society to illustrate the official novel for Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. We were so deeply moved and artistically inspired by the story that we later decided to create an independent visual tribute series: these four companion posters titled The Wall, The Mask, The Blood, and The Face, which are freely inspired by the themes of the novel.
Stylistically influenced by Italian Futurism and Russian Constructivism, the entire series is centered on the female body as a powerful narrative and conceptual element. Each artwork in this limited edition was produced by White Duck Printing Studio as a high-end screen print in 7 colors, including a striking metallic silver ink.
Printed on premium stock at a classic 50x70 cm size, the series was released through Dark City Gallery in a strictly limited run of 100 copies plus Artist's Proofs (AP’s), each individually signed and numbered by us.
Multi Award-winning poster
The Wall, The Mask, The Blood, The Face
The Handmaid's Tale Limited signed screen prints set
Awards & Honors for this Poster Series:
- 2019 – Selected Winner, American Illustration 38 Annual Book and Web Archive (USA).
- 2018 – GOLD GoSee Award, Illustration Category (Germany).
- 2018 – Award of Excellence, Applied Arts Illustration Annual, Applied Arts Magazine (Canada).
- 2018 – Shortlisted, WIA World Illustration Awards, The AOI / Directory of Illustrators (UK).
- 2018 – “Illustrators 60” Selection, Annual Book and Exhibit, Society of Illustrators, New York (USA).
- 2018 – Merit Winner, 3x3 Magazine Illustration Annual No.15 (USA).
