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"Design is the formal and functional features
determination process, made before the production of
a product. Among many other production items,
printed 2D materials are the subjects which graphic
design is dealing with. Graphic designer organises the
2D surfaces with typography and visuals like
photographs or illustrations (Shaughnessy 2005: 18).
As graphic design products, album covers are the
packages of music at the same time (Gomez-Palacio
and Wit 2011: 251). These packages both protect and
visualise musical expression. The genre of music and
the expression of the musicians shows itself on these
covers by using special visuals and typographic
combinations which are the main components of
graphic design.
With the help of an album cover, the music
reflects itself visually. The main visual elements of
graphic design are line, shape, colour, value, texture,
and space. For a successful visualisation, some
graphic design principles should have been
considered by the designers. The six main graphic
design principles are: unity/harmony; balance;
hierarchy; scale/proportion; dominance/emphasis; and
similarity and contrast (Dabner, Calvert, and Casey
2012: 34-58). This means that in the organisation of
the visual elements, the graphic designer should take
the graphic design principles into consideration."
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