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Research in ProgressCD cover for Pat Metheny's album "Imaginary Day". The cover and enclosed brochure to promote the CD music are designed as a symbolic system to be deciphered -- to encourage consumer interaction with the packaging. CD package is cardboard that folds into thirds with CD holder placed in middle. Cover flap (left one): 5 by 9 grid with single image inside various cells (recto). Color photographic reproduction of river with trees along left and rocks along right at top. 17 x 38 grid with single images inside most of cells (verso). Cover flap has slit for CD brochure. Ten pages bounded by staples. Cover: 10 x 23 grid with image in most of cells. Color photographic reproduction of sunset and two smaller pictures of landscape at left and right. Page 1: Imprinted at lower half on white "Imaginary Day 1. imaginary day____(metheny/mays) 10:11.../9 the awakening..."(in black). Page 2: Grid of images in most of cell. Color photographic reproduction of mountain at top and two smaller photos. Page 3: Credits of each song starting with "imaginary day.../follow me.../into the dream..."(in black). Page 4: Grid of images in most of cell. Color photographic reproduction of landscape at top and one picture at right. Page 5: Song credits, imprinted "a story within the story/...the heat of the day/...across the sky/..." Page 6: Imprinted "roots of coincidence.../too soon tomorrow.../ the awakening..." (in black). Page 7: Grid of images in most of cells and two color photographic reproductions. Page 8: Credits. Imprinted at...

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Smithsonian Institution