Making the Cover of Seed

In this video by Seed video producer Jacob Klein, Seed's art director, Adam Billyeald, narrates the creation of the cover art for the August 2007 issue of Seed—from special E. coli-covered stamps and an agar-filled petri dish.

The cover art hails author and ScienceBlogger Carl Zimmer's feature article, "The Meaning of Life."

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