As an artist, and generally someone drawn to the visual, I’ve always been fascinated by old ephemera. Whether it’s record covers, labels, baseball cards, signage, postcards, books or logos, I find it all a great source for both inspiration and sheer enjoyment.
Where record covers change with each release, center labels are designed to remain constant. It has to be something visually captivating, yet serve as a design system where information can be stored and read with ease. I’ve been collecting 45 labels for a while now and have been wanting to do a post on them, but it looks like Simon Foster beat me to it with his site, Center of Attention, a fitting title dedicated to the art of center label design. He also has a sister site called Cover Me, I’m Going In which focuses on album covers.
The selections are brief, but hopefully the collection continues to grow. Nevertheless, kudos to him for putting something like this together.
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