The Art of Cover Art

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The Psychedelic World of Pakistani Cinema 7" Covers
Searching for the designers who created the cohesive hypnotic artworks
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Paying Homage or Ripping Off?
Dissecting the blurred line
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The Designer Behind the Visual Identity of ECM: Barbara Wojirsch
How grief and clarity shaped the unmistakable look of ECM Records
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Food for Thought
A fun collection of album covers that will whet your appetite.
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How Album Art Can Influence the World Around it
An interview with designer Aron Fay on how his love of 80s techno records reaches outside its square cover limits
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Framing Record Covers Within the Canon of Art
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Paying Homage or Ripping Off?
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Album Covers with Their Heads in the Clouds
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The Feminine Blue Mystique
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A Brief Visual History of Hardcore
Surveying the DIY aesthetic across the genre's 40+ year arc.
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Take an iPhone Pic, Make an Album Cover
How cellphone photography exists as record art
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The Future of Vinyl Libraries
Exploring the new collection at the Brooklyn Public Library and what it could mean for archiving album art
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The Playful Energy of 1970s Highlife Covers
Diving into the collages and illustrations behind the African album art
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The Feminine Blue Mystique
How female-identifying musicians and subjects have taken ownership of the color blue on album covers.
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Album Covers with Their Heads in the Clouds
Discussing how cloud adorned records continue the tradition of depicting one of art's longest known subjects.
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Framing Record Covers Within the Canon of Art
Exploring the use of frames and borders inside the 12" canvas
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There are Horse Girls & Then There are Horse Album Covers
Breaking down the recent influx of horse adorned album art
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Does Scary Album Art Sell?
A collection of record covers paying homage to the spookiest day of the year.
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The Art of Cover Art
The Art of Cover Art
Exploring the art history of album covers throughout the decades
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