Book DescriptionA comprehensive collection of the best contemporary CD cover designs, featuring many previously unpublished examples from the cutting edge Both design professionals and music lovers will find inspiration from the varied and exciting workfeatured: from well-known designers like Stefan Sagmeister (Lou Reed and many others) одэвш Malcolm Garrett (Buzzcocks) and Peter Saville (Joy Division, New Order) to Tomato (Underworld), Farrow (The Pet Shop Boys), and lesser-known names who have used this medium as a widely disseminated platform for experimentation and free expression In addition to traditional graphic elements of album cover art (image, illustration, typography) CD-Art explores experimentation unique to the CD format: from handmade and unusual packaging and materials to textures and materials, interactive designs and marketing incentives It shows how designers exploit the two and three dimensional qualities of CD packaging to create highly collectable and unique objects that are displayed, handled, interrogated for information, explored for meaning and venerated by fans.  От издателя2003 г 160 стр ISBN 2880467454.