Snooping through an array of music that i posses, i came across one of my favorite album designs. This album foldout, which includes an inside tracklist, has always struck me as having excellent visual qualities. The cover is composed of limited amounts of sans-serif typography, with all the letter forms conforming to an oval-like shape. This type is generated by a collection of lines, often with no end point leaving some of the type with no closed in shape.
The letters appear to follow a system where many borrow their characteristics from other letters. Such an example would be the letter "G" and how it borrows structure from both the "E" and "C", the same goes for the letters "H, K, B". These letters also echoe different treatments in the larger picture. Casting off repeated line arrangments creating "waves" of the sort. All of which places more emphasis on the type, despite the lack of colour and additional possibilities. As well there is a creation of depth through the widening and variation of line and space in the word "PASSOVER", making it appear closer, and at greater focus. I've also noticed that when seperated their appears to be much more excitemnet in the visual place within teh front cover, then on the back, placing appropriate emphasis where it should be.
It's the utilization of simple tools like line and space that really make this piece appealing to me. As well, the line work is embossed, so the added texture is also very neat. I can see the patterns in some way imitating the sonic textures of the music, and hopefully embodying it's sixties sound.
- Phil Roberto
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