New book celebrates inventor of the album cover

Taschen Books has recently published Alex Steinweiss, The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover, an amazing 422-page collectors’ volume that illustrates the career of the graphic designer who is credited for the invention of the album cover.

I recently read through the entire book online and it is wonderfully done. It has brilliant full-color images of Steinweiss work, including typography, logo design, album covers, movie posters and more. Steinweiss’ career spanned over three decades and the book gives us an excellent look at how his work remained distinctive and influential throughout the years.

Authors Steven Heller and Kevin Reagan have created a book the will be of interest to both graphic design professionals and anyone interested in learning about the early history of the album cover and graphic design in American advertising.

The signed limited edition is limited to 1,500 copies comes in a slipcase. At $500, the limited edition is priced out of reach for most of us. Hopefully, it will be made available to the masses as a standard edition in the near future.