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BOOK DESIGN

ART DIRECTION / DESIGN / LAYOUT /
TYPOGRAPHY / ILLUSTRATION / COLLAGE / 
PICTURE EDIT

MOTOWN
THE SOUND OF YOUNG AMERICA
 
By ADAM WHITE & BARNEY ALES
Foreword by ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM
400 pages / 1000+ images / 216mm x 277mm
(Thames & Hudson, 2016)

‘THE FIRST OFFICIAL VISUAL HISTORY OF THE LABEL....LENDS NEW INSIGHT TO THE LEGEND.’
 
Billboard

‘A JOY OF A THING....HERE, IN SHORT,
IS THE VISUAL EQUIVALENT OF A TEMPTATIONS SINGLE.’

 

The Herald, Scotland, music books of the year

‘A TRUE VISUAL EXPERIENCE.’

 

Soul Music

‘AN ESSENTIAL MOTOWN WORK.’

 

Mojo

‘THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY....IT'LL SPLASH YOUR COFFEE TABLE IN SWATHES OF SUNSHINE, PASTEL SHADES AND RAINBOW JACKETS’

 

Shortlist

‘AN EXCELLENT, NO EXPENSES
SPARED PUBLICATION’
 
Soul Source

‘THIS 400-PAGE HISTORY DESERVES AN HONORED SPACE ON YOUR COFFEE TABLE’
 
Downbeat

‘UNPARALLELED IN IT'S VISUAL RICHNESS’
 
Vinyl Factory

Printed PLC and printed acetate jacket with transparent logo and text

Paperback edition

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