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Blue Note by Graham Marsh5/22/2023 ![]() What attracts you to the look and feel of this era of graphic design? Marsh cheerfully recounts what went into this book and how his love affair with this design era informed other projects throughout his career. ![]() The authors give a fascinating historical context of the subject, and their detailed descriptions of the design sensibility of the day includes a discussion of advertising graphics (particularly related to fashion), which all serves as the Blue Note records’ own liner notes. Inspiring graphic designers from their midcentury debut onward, these iconic visuals were the perfect complement to the rhythms and riffs of the jazz albums they contained.Īrt director, illustrator and author Graham Marsh and author Glyn Callingham collaborated on the 1991 (re-released 2002) Album Cover Art: The Ultimate BLUE NOTE Collection. ![]() ![]() With fonts that are chunky, designs that are funky and color palettes that are as striking as the harmonies within, the Blue Note-era album covers live on. ![]()
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