Javi Aznarez and Nieves Publishing: The French Dispatch Covers
The Nieves Publishing edition, The French Dispatch Covers, gathers every cover illustration Javi Aznarez created for Wes Anderson’s film.
The book is a 52-page, colour-offset first edition released in 2025, printed at 20 × 27.3 cm to match the mid-1970s New Yorker format that shaped the fictional magazine inside the movie. Erica Dorn led the cover art direction during production, and the illustrations appeared throughout the set as both props and visual anchors.
The French Dispatch Covers
Javi Aznarez
52 Pages
20 x 27.3 cm
Color Offset
First Edition 2025
ISBN 978-3-907179-91-8
This new volume from Nieves Publishing brings together every cover Javi Aznarez created for The French Dispatch.
For us, the project feels like a continuation of years of working closely with Javi and seeing how he builds images that sit comfortably inside a larger world. The book follows the mid-1970s New Yorker format that shaped the fictional magazine in Wes Anderson’s film, with cover art direction led by Erica Dorn. Javi’s bold lines, strong colour choices, and quiet humour give the covers a clear voice while still supporting Wes Anderson’s precise visual system.
Javi has been part of our roster for a long time, and we have watched his practice grow from Cadaqués to international publications. Javi’s portfolio, shows the range he brings to editorial and commercial work, including collaborations with The New Yorker, The New York Times, and El País.
The timing of this publication with Nieves links the book to Wes Anderson: The Archives at the Design Museum in London, running from 21 November 2025 to 26 July 2026.
The exhibition presents more than three decades of Wes Anderson’s work through over 700 objects drawn from his personal archive. Storyboards, sketches, puppets, models, and costumes from films such as The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs, and The Grand Budapest Hotel reveal the craftsmanship behind his filmmaking and the long-standing collaborations that shape it.
The book and exhibition sit together neatly. One highlights the illustrated identity Javi created for The French Dispatch.
The other shows the broader visual structure that made space for that work to exist.
Further Reading:
• Javi Aznarez
• Nieves Publishing — https://nieves.ch
• The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures) — https://www.searchlightpictures.com/the-french-dispatch
• Design Museum: Wes Anderson — The Archives — https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/wes-anderson-the-archives
