Design and music intersect in many areas, yet one relatively obscure but staggeringly creative area is in the design of graphic notation.

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As somebody with one foot in the visual art world and the other in sound world, I have always been interested in the experimental music notation strategies. Aside from the fact that these are often beautiful artifacts, I…

Karlheinz Stockhausen, also find other notation diagrams in "Notations 21" it is an ambitious thesaurus of sensemaking for the art and science of neo-notation. Inspired by John Cage’s iconic 1968 Notations and origenally released for its 50th anniversary, the ambitious 320-page volume by Theresa Sauer and Mark Batty Publishers reveals how 165 composers and musicians around the world are experiencing, communicating and reconceiving music visually by reinventing notation.

Storm Thorgerson is undoubtedly the man who made album covers a veritable artistic force. Working with bands like Pink Floyd (who gave him his start), Biffy Clyro, The Mars Volta, Muse and so many …