Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
This 200 page, 6 disc boxed set was released on the centennial birthday of Peet Seeger and helps memorialize his life and legacy with a smattering of intimate photography and previously unreleased music. The design, layout and typography are heavily inspired by Seegers album covers over the years and are meant to evoke feelings of nostalgia for a bygone era as well as a lasting sense of timelessness.
Created while at Visual Dialogue in Boston, under the design direction of Fritz Klaetke.
PETE SEEGER: THE SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS COLLECTION
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Echoing the life-sized, direct gaze of the Woody and Lead Belly releases from the Folkways Collection, the straight-forward cover photo is of Pete along the Hudson River with typography referencing some of his classic album covers. The essays (by Jeff Place and Robert Santelli) and song notes are richly illustrated and trace his career from first performing with Woody Guthrie and The Weavers to being blacklisted by Joseph McCarthy in the 50s to playing with Bruce Springsteen at Barack Obama’s inauguration. “The Folkways collection is the first time anyone has released such a comprehensive collection of Seeger’s material, which is hard to believe, considering his incredible influence on the area of folk music…” –No Depression (Winner of Grammy award for Best Historical Album.)
Available on the Smithsonian Folkways website.
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Typesetting, layout design, photo editing.
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