Graphic designer John Gall, who has designed dozens of albums for Nonesuch Records over the past 25 years, is the latest guest on the art podcast The Weird Show Broadcast. He talks about how he came to design, from his childhood appreciation of baseball cards and band logos to the series of Nabokov book jackets he art-directed for Vintage Books. He also discusses his work creating collage, one of which can be seen on the cover of Gabriel Kahane’s 2022 Nonesuch album, Magnificent Bird. You can hear the episode here.
Graphic designer John Gall, who has designed dozens of albums for Nonesuch Records over the past 25 years, is the latest guest on the art podcast The Weird Show Broadcast. He talks about how he came to design, from his childhood appreciation of baseball cards and band logos to the series of Nabokov book jackets he art-directed for Vintage Books. He also discusses his work creating collage, one of which can be seen on the cover of Gabriel Kahane’s 2022 Nonesuch album, Magnificent Bird. You can hear the episode on Spotify and Apple Podcasts here:
John Gall’s designs for Nonesuch Records include Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, Reich Remixed, New York Counterpoint, Triple Quartet, Three Tales, and Phases; John Adams’s Gnarly Buttons, Ceiling/Sky, On the Transmigration of Souls, Road Movies, and Son of Chamber Symphony; Gidon Kremer’s Eight Seasons, Silencio, and Tracing Astor; Rzewski Plays Rzewski; Brad Mehldau’s Live in Marciac, Modern Music, Ode, and Seymour Reads the Constitution!; Joshua Redman’s Compass, Still Dreaming, and Come What May; Stephen Sondheim's The Frogs / Evening Primrose; David Byrne & Caetano Veloso’s Live at Carnegie Hall; Sam Amidon’s Bright Sunny South; Timo Andres’s’ Home Stretch; Laurie Anderson’s Homeland; James Farm, Nearness, RoundAgain, LongGone, and more.
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