12x12

Dig into the design language of music

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12x12 is a weekly publication exploring the visual and cultural language behind the music you love. Each issue explores the intersection of music, history, and design, and their impact on our collective culture. What I hope you’ll get out of this: 1. An understanding of what album art reveals about politics, identity, and aesthetics 2. A more intentional cultural vocabulary 3. Deeper connections between music and the world around you.

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A Brief History of the Album Cover

Prior to 1938, there wasn’t much in the way of visuals attached to recorded music. That was until Alex Steinweiss, art director at the newly formed Columbia Records stepped onto the scene.

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