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A shame the album cover has turned into something 120x120px on iTunes, though. We need more of this sort of style!
Alex Steinweiss invented the album cover as we know it, and created a new graphic art form. In 1940, as Columbia Records’ young new art director, he pitched an idea: Why not replace the standard plain brown wrapper with an eye-catching illustration? The company took a chance, and within months its record sales increased by over 800 per cent…. more
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And they’re making a Taschen book about his work? I love Taschen books! And now this guy!
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has turned into something 120x120px on iTunes, though. We need...of this sort of style!
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