Monday, May 25, 2009

Alex Steinweiss: The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover



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The man who launched the Golden Age of album cover design

"I love music so much and I had such ambition that I was willing to go way beyond what the hell they paid me for. I wanted people to look at the artwork and hear the music." —Alex Steinweiss

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 ... More >>

Alex Steinweiss: The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover

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