For the Record: The Life and Work of Alex Steinweiss

Posted under design by individual or co., illustration.

Author: Jennifer McKnight-Trontz, A Steinweiss, Alex Steinweiss, Steven Heller
Released: August 1, 2000
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Steinweiss's idea to create a package that would protect the record and that had something visual on the outside to lure the consumer was a huge success; sales of the record "Smash Song Hits by Rodgers and Hart" soared. That simple idea revolutionized the record business and spawned an entire new field of illustration-album cover art-that is now inseparable from the product it announces. Format: Paperback, 208pp.

For the Record: The Life and Work of Alex Steinweiss