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linear madness and crazed impulses

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: The Village Voice January 4, 1994 issue Illustration: J.d. King (b. 1951) Art Director: Jennifer Gilman Design Director: Robert Newman …as in the past few posts I’ve drawn attention to, an illustrator I’ve known and worked with … Continue reading

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back to brown paper bags

Before the late 1930′s record albums were said to have resembled tombstones: plain brown sleeves with the name of the artist stamped onto the cover.Then came a new direction, the formation of a new axiom that was not always true, … Continue reading

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cover the musical metaphor

Context is almost everything.And when the two are in harmony you have a magical visual language… He was one of the pioneers in creating the record album cover; an artistic approach to packaging beginning in 1939, that incorporated free-form design … Continue reading

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