Alex Steinweiss - Inventor of the Modern Album Cover

Description

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? This title includes essays features recollections from an epic career.

Publisher: Taschen GmbH
Published: 2011-01-01
Format: Hardback 420 pages

ISBN13: 9783836527712
ISBN10: 3836527715

Our Price: £64.99

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