Cash: The Legend
Cash: The Legend
Cash: The Legend

Cash: The Legend

Sony Music, New York, New York, 2005

Description

“Johnny Cash: The Legend” special limited edition (20,000 numbered copies) is a 128-page coffee-table book containing five CDs, which feature some of the most relevant music of the artist’s career, and a DVD, featuring some of his TV shows.
The intent of this musical package/book was to pay homage to the life and work of Johnny Cash. The book is designed in a way that it does not feel like a new item but more of a scrapbook that has been read over and over, full of history, containing a life of its own.
Its large size, 16 x 12.5 inches, and its 100lb yellowish cover stock used as text pages contribute to its heavy weight, which adds to the experience as the viewer goes through the life of the musical legend in this predominantly visual package.

Juror Notes

Definitely captures his essence.
Great size; makes you really get involved in it.
Intimate in spite of its size.
The silver on the cover gives it that “Legend” look.
The look and feel is driven by the photography.
Seamless transition between photography and typography.
Dark but accessible . . . just like him!

Collections: AIGA 365: 27 (2006)
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Package design
Format: Package

Credits

Design firm
Sony Music
Art director/designer
Ian Cuttler
Photographer
Multiple
Copywriter
Multiple
Music
Johnny Cash
Printer
AGI
Printing method
Offset
Binding method
Hard
Typefaces
Costumized, American Typwriter, Helvetica Neue
Client
Columbia/Legacy
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