Observations Abroad with Joan Wong — Part I

MAEKAN

Apr 4, 201821:17Arts and Design

Joan Wong worked at Penguin Random House in New York for the past five years as a book cover designer. Among her well-known work are the paperback covers of the Crazy Rich Asians series by Kevin Kwan, Stories of Your Lif...

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