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Graphic designer Natasha Jen

When graphic designer Natasha Jen worked at Sony Music the handwriting was already on the wall, the tiny, tiny wall: “It was no longer LPs; it was CDs. The canvass kept shrinking.” And now with digital music, there’s no canvas at all. “It’s not the end of the world; it’s a different paradigm.” Produced with the Center for Architecture.

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