An interesting article over on DA into the working process of Marian Bantjes. She reveals how she got from this slightly weird initial sketch…

to this beautifully designed gold foil book cover…

It just goes to show how important trial and error is to the design process.
There’s an article about Marian Bantjes in this month’s Creative Review and a lecture on TED too.
TED talk is here [ted id=891]
Brilliant talk :)
Sorry I mean this! > http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marian_bantjes_intricate_beauty_by_design.html