In 2012 Penguin published a new “deluxe” edition of the Kama Sutra translated by A. N. D. Haksar. For the cover art Penguin hired a brilliant graphic artist named Malika Favre, who incontestably came up with a marvelous and witty design by inventing an entire sexy alphabet based on the positions in the book.
If you take the jacket off of the hardcover edition and spread it out, it spells “KAMA SUTRA” in Favre’s alphabet.
There’s a website dedicated to the alphabet in which you can see the entire alphabet ... in motion! On the site you could once purchase lovely prints of individual letters, but it looks like they’re all sold out.
The Seagull
The Erotic Monkey
The XY Secret
The Mound of Venus
The Arch
The Rocking Boat
The Tea Ceremony
The Imperious Pole
The Naughty Squirrel
Favre also created an entirely different sexual alphabet that is 100% women-only—I reckon she made these and they came to Penguin’s attention, but I don’t know.
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Live action Tron-a-sutra sex positions
Naughty but nice: Suck on these Kama Sutra-inspired lollipops (NSFW-ish)