"Back in the day" (as they say), album covers used to offer a broad canvas for artistic expression, as evidenced by many classic album covers, including many from the '60s (such as the Grateful Dead's Aoxomoxoa, above). But the canvas shrunk with the shift from LPs to CDs and has shifted again with the prevalance of the iPod and other portable music devices that limit album artwork to dimensions measured in pixels rather than inches or square feet. This article in Wired magazine laments this trend but also points to some musical artists (and their graphic artists) who are responding to this challenging trend.
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Design Artwork for a Shrinking Album Cover
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