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Alex Steinweiss. The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover

Kevin Reagan, Steven Heller (Autoren)

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420 Seiten

2011
Taschen (Verlag)
978-3-8365-2771-2 (ISBN)

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This title presents music for the eyes. The man who launched the Golden Age of album cover design. 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. His covers for Columbia - combining bold typography with modern, elegant illustrations - took the industry by storm and revolutionized the way records were sold. Over three decades, Steinweiss made thousands of original artworks for classical, jazz, and popular record covers for Columbia, Decca, London, and Everest; as well as logos, labels, advertising material, even his own typeface, the Steinweiss Scrawl. He launched the golden age of album cover design and influenced generations of designers to follow. Less well known - but included here - are his posters for the U.S. Navy; packaging and label design for liquor companies; film title sequences; as well as his fine art. This title includes essays by three-time Grammy Award-winning art director/designer Kevin Reagan and graphic design historian Steven Heller; Steinweiss' personal recollections from an epic career; and extensive ephemera from the Steinweiss archive. Record collectors and graphic designers rejoice! Previously available in a limited edition, the book is finally available in an affordable trade version.

Der Artdirektor Kevin Reagan ist dreifacher Grammy-Gewinner, dessen Werk auch von der AIGA, Print und Communication Arts ausgezeichnet wurde. Der ehemalige Artdirektor von Geffen, MCA und Maverick hat Tonträgerverpackungen für Madonna, Beck, Sonic Youth und viele andere entworfen. Er lebt und arbeitet in Los Angeles, Kalifornien.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.3.2011
Verlagsort	Cologne
Sprache	englisch; französisch; deutsch
Maße	340 x 283 mm
Gewicht	3256 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
Schlagworte	CD-Cover • Design • Designer (Einz.) • Designer (Einzelne Personen) • Schallplattenhülle • Steinweiss, Alex
ISBN-10	3-8365-2771-5 / 3836527715
ISBN-13	978-3-8365-2771-2 / 9783836527712
Zustand	Neuware