Object Details
Design Director
Tibor Kalman, American, b. Hungary, 1949–1999
Designer
Carol Bokuniewicz
Design Team member
MIT Architecture Machine Group
Firm
M&Co, New York, New York, USA, 1979–1992
Publisher
Sire Records, New York, New York
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Recto: On a black background, Talking Heads, the letter A upside down, is imprinted in large capital letters in white across the entire top; the album title, centered, is imprinted in small capitals at bottom. The space between the two bands of type is occupied by four computer-enhanced images, representing the four musicians (three men and one woman); the faces are red and the features blue and black.
Verso: The band's name is replicated as it appears on the recto. The bottom black band, in the same size as on the recto, instead shows the song titles, musicians' names and other production information in small white capitals. The design comprises a snowcapped mountain scene in brown, white, and sky blue; four red fighter planes in vertical formation and graduating in size are superimposed.
Credit Line
Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co.
Date
1980
Accession Number
1993-151-71
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Album cover
Type
Album cover
Medium
Offset lithograph on board
Dimensions
Other: 31.4 × 31.4 × 0.3 cm (12 3/8 × 12 3/8 × 1/8 in.)
Place
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1993-151-71