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Design Category
Package design, 1996
Design firm
Sagmeister, Inc. (New York, New York)
Collection
(1997) Sound Off: The Top 100 CDs, Music Videos and Print Collateral

Description

The Nields are a rock-influenced folk band. We took different elements from the lyrics and made little symbols out of them. To achieve a layered effect, we cut the booklet short, making the CD itself and the inlay card visible from the outside.

Credits
Art director: Stefan Sagmeister
Designers: Veronica Oh, Stefan Sagmeister
Illustrators: Carola Preifer, Stefan Sagmeister
Photographer: Tom Schierlitz
Typefaces: Bembo, Caslon
Principal: Queens Group
Client: Razor & Tie