Freeze-framing work from the most innovative designers, Sampler features recent CD covers and record sleeves from a wide spectrum of record labels, as well as the promotional packaging that rarely travels beyond the confines of the record industry. It shows that the 12" vinyl record is far from dead, its large canvas still an outlet for innovative visual material. It shows designers exploring alternatives to the perspex CD jewel case and looks inside the packaging of booklets, labels and inserts. An introduction traces the highs and lows of sleeve design in the last thirty years and considers the future of sleeve art as it faces up to the threat posed by new, ever smaller formats and the advance of online music.
Sampler is an invaluable reference source for designers and those engaged in visual communication, as well as appealing to anyone within the record industry and to music fans worldwide.
