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Mini-Stories : Volume 13

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The Blue Monday 12 Inch Single

The 12 inch single for blue monday came out in 19 83, and the cover was designed by the brilliant peter savill. Peter is a very exacting designer, and he insisted that the the form of the 12 had to mimic a floppy disk exactly. Lopydists are square, but they have little cut outs. In this case, in his design, the data being the final record whiches. That's just heavy and beautiful. To me, as an artist, that's very inspiring.

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