The cover of Jay-Z's forthcoming album, The Blueprint 3 (right), may have "borrowed heavily" from my concept and design for the Secret Machine's 2004 album Now Here Is Nowhere (left). See and read morehere. What do you think?
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Hmmmmm....looks remarkably similar. Don't "they" say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery? Obviously they knew a good design when they saw it! Sending brain children out into the world leaves them susceptible to cloning.
FRANK OLINSKY is a graphic designer, art director, and illustrator. He was instrumental in the creation of the chameleonlike logo and “look” of MTV and has created album packages for many noteworthy musicians including the Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Kronos Quartet and Philip Glass. The founding art director, cover designer and creative consultant of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Olinsky is also the co-author/designer of What The Songs Look Like: Contemporary Artists Interpret Talking Heads Songs and author/designer of Buddha Book: A Meeting of Images. He teaches at Parsons School of Design in New York.
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Hmmmmm....looks remarkably similar. Don't "they" say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery? Obviously they knew a good design when they saw it! Sending brain children out into the world leaves them susceptible to cloning.
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