Greg Smith wrote:
<<Have we run out of muscians to trash on this list? Graphic design and
webdesign *should* be a bit superficial and surface-y.. they don't have that
many demands on them compared to industrial design or architecture. How
does function figure into a record sleeve other than if it is economical and
efficient?
Function figures into a record sleeve in a very simple way, one that DR fails at
nearly every time: What is the name of the band? What is the name of the record?
What songs are on the record? In what order? I can't tell you how many times
I've fumbled through a DR sleeve a minute before I'm supposed to go on the air,
painstakingly trying to determine song title.
You really believe that graphic design should be superficial? We disagree on
this. I think a successful cover should have graphic depth to it. Of course it
can be full of whimsy or drama or whatnot, but, most important, it must provide
the information I'm looking for in a semi-legible manner.
RR
np: Disco (Not Disco) 2.
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