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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Rachel Cabitt
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August 2023
Paying Homage or Ripping Off?
Dissecting the blurred line
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Rachel Cabitt
6
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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Rachel Cabitt
2
Food for Thought
A fun collection of album covers that will whet your appetite.
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Rachel Cabitt
5
July 2023
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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Rachel Cabitt
4
A Brief Visual History of Hardcore
Surveying the DIY aesthetic across the genre's 40+ year arc.
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Rachel Cabitt
5
June 2023
Take an iPhone Pic, Make an Album Cover
How cellphone photography exists as record art
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Rachel Cabitt
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May 2023
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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Rachel Cabitt
5
April 2023
The Playful Energy of 1970s Highlife Covers
Diving into the collages and illustrations behind the African album art
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Rachel Cabitt
February 2023
The Feminine Blue Mystique
How female-identifying musicians and subjects have taken ownership of the color blue on album covers.
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Rachel Cabitt
2
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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Rachel Cabitt
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January 2023
Framing Record Covers Within the Canon of Art
Exploring the use of frames and borders inside the 12" canvas
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Rachel Cabitt
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