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The Lost Art of Cassette Design

Feb 19, 2019
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Updated: Mar 13

Steve Vistaunet’s Pinterest is a treasure-trove of photos of exuberant cassette spine designs from the gilded age of the mix-tape, ranging from the hand-drawn to early desktop publishing experiments.

Many vintage audio cassette tapes stacked together, showing various band names.

Stack of vintage cassette tapes: RAMONES, ALARM, THE JAM, MUSIC FOR CATS!

Stacked cassette tapes featuring Ramones, New Order, The Cure, Bauhaus.

Stacked vintage audio cassettes, displaying band names like Ramones, Oasis.

Vintage audio cassettes displaying band names like Psychedelic Furs and KROQ-KROQ.

Vintage audio cassettes featuring band names: Joy Division, Wire, The Cramps.

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