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Design Category
Package design, 1997
Design firm
Sagmeister Inc. (New York, New York)
Collection
(1998) Communication Graphics: 19

Description

All type on the “Imaginary Day” cover for the Pat Metheny Group has been replaced by code. The images connect to the songs and mood of the album and can be decoded by using the diagram printed on the CD itself. A twelve-page booklet with more coded type/imagery is also included.

Credits
Art director: Stefan Sagmeister
Graphic designer: Hjalti Karlsson
Photographers: Tom Schierlitz, Stock
Copywriter: Pat Metheny Group
Typeface: Trade Gothic
Printer: Warner Media Services
Fabricator: WEA
Paper: 80# Coated Gloss
Client/publisher: Warner Bros. Records, Inc.