Re: The Album Cover Art of Reid Miles Post by cminor7b5 » 13 Sep 2017 23:06 vinyl master wrote: You may find this interesting, but long before SNL comedian Phil Hartman was a funnyman extraordinaire, he was a graphic designer and created many album covers and logos! Moving on from the great Francis Wolff portraits, these portrait slices enabled greater interaction between the image of the artist, their instrument, typography, and other graphical elements, maintaining balance within white space. Alex Steinweiss is credited with inventing the concept of album covers and cover art. May 12, 2020 - Explore yin's board "Visual" on Pinterest. It was designed by Reid Miles. Watch the Vox video feature “The Greatest Album Covers of Jazz” which explores the genius of Reid Miles. Reid Miles (4 July 1927 – 2 February 1993) was an American graphic designer and photographer. Beatles: Sgt. A layout design for a book about the designer Reid Miles and a design for a book cover. For some time Reid Miles had made very effective use of narrow portrait selections in his cover designs. Karlee Goodwin is an art director, designer and music enthusiast living in downtown Chicago.
Over the next 12 years Miles revolutionized album cover design with his bold typography and creative use of Wolff’s photographs, creating about 500 stunning covers that brilliantly captured the sound of Blue Note Records in visual form. See more ideas about Graphic design inspiration, Typography design, Graphic design typography. Sep 30, 2013 - Reid Miles (4 July 1927 – 2 February 1993) was an American graphic designer and photographer. Midnight Blue is a 1963 album by Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Major Holley on double bass, Bill English on drums and Ray Barretto on conga, and is one of Burrell's best-known works for Blue Note. See more ideas about Album covers, Album, Album cover design. Fonts in use in artwork from “Reid Miles” The African Beat by Art Blakey and the Afro-Drum Ensemble 1962. Reid Miles was born in Chicago on 4 July 1927 but, following the Stock Market Crash and the separation of his parents, moved with his mother to Long Beach, California in 1929. Stay safe and healthy. Reid Miles; Contributed by Martin LAVIELLE some of the covers represent the absolute gold standard of modernist typography and are widely recognized as the best-designed record sleeves in the history of jazz.
See more ideas about Jazz, Album cover design, Album cover art. . In this article we will feature some inspiring examples of typography in album covers from the 1960’s until today. Pepper. See more ideas about Graphic design inspiration, Typography design, Graphic design typography. through 12 glorious years, american designer reid miles created over 500 LP covers for the jazz label blue note records. This innovation replaced the plain covers used before.
Nov 25, 2015 - Explore bettinello's board "Reid Miles & Jazz", followed by 168 people on Pinterest. Alex Steinweiss Album Covers.