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Interview: Paul Bacon (Part 3)

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Marc Myers
Jul 15, 2010
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In the early years of LP cover design, there were no rules. The  only driving force was that a cover had to be graphically gripping. Designers then often worked with just two colors, and much rested on typeface solutions and the integration of motion, dimension and excitement. As one of the early jazz-album cover designers and art directors, Paul Bacon …

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