S. Neil Fujita, Innovative Graphic Designer, Dies at 89

[Brownian Motion]

S. Neil Fujita, a graphic designer who used avant-garde painting and photography to create some of the most striking album covers of the 1950s, and who designed the visually arresting book jackets for “In Cold Blood” and “The Godfather,” died on Saturday in Greenport, on the North Fork of Long Island. He was 89.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/arts/design/27fujita.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries

[cih]

I like these graphics a lot. The kind of thing that's all too easy to do a vector-based rip-off of with things like Illustrator... but his work shows where the tool ends and the designer begins

Edited October 27, 2010 by cih

[BruceH]

I liked his work. RIP

[brownie]

A couple of Neil Fujita classic cover designs...

photos by Don Hustein

illustration by Ben Shahn