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Design Category
Promotional design and advertising, 1996
Design firm
Verve Records (New York, New York)
Collection
(1997) Sound Off: The Top 100 CDs, Music Videos and Print Collateral

Description

The design and production (i.e., paper and inks) of popular music posters of the 1930s were researched in creating this cover. The final design conveys the time period (through the use of color and type) and the energy of the music.

Credits
Art director/designer: Patricia Lie
Photographer: Eli Reed
Typeface: Lemiesz
Client: Verve Records