Up in the Air
Verso Books
Cover design
2025
Cover design for Up in the Air by Holly Smith, published by Verso Books.Up in the Air tells the story of Britain’s high rise council housing from its beginnings to the present day. Across the decades, the high rise has symbolised the welfare state for better or worse. Author Holly Smith takes the residents’ perspective, capturing the human side of high-rise Britain. Investigating the complex inheritance of mid-century urban reconstruction, Smith shows how these buildings became a crucible in which the welfare state was shaped and reimagined.
