CD Album Cover Design Minimalism

When the grandiose luxury of Baroque and the redundancy of Gothic era cannot adapt to the modernsociety that has made rapid progress, anti traditional aesthetic mechanism and deep motivation also beganto appear and show extreme dissatisfaction. With highly developed science and technology, people can findnatural beauty nowhere. People cannot find the beauty of humanity. At these times, we also begin to makedeep reflection and pursue simple, free and clear heart. In an unique temperament, Minimalism showmodern attitude and beauty. It has made the historical and exciting interpretation. It rejected the artificialand empty feeling, which walked at a brisk pace, relieve people from tired mind and give people a pureworld.From the cover design of CD album, the thesis starts to discuss the design idea and the way ofminimalism, which includes cultural connotations and social, economic value from the perspective ofmodern society. That is to say, as a modern form of art, the minimalism should adhere to the design for thebenefit of most people in the society. We should actively advocate the ordinary, simple life concept andphilosophy of art. Meanwhile, we should reject stylized stubbornness. What we need to do is to build livingenvironment and cultural environment in the simplest design.From the visual sensory characteristics of modern people and aesthetic taste characteristics of modernlife, the thesis thoroughly analyzes the inner expression and external receptio of the album cover design onCD. Characteristics of expression with simple style features and simple aesthetic ideas reveal the benigndevelopment and application advantages of CD album cover design in the modern social and cultural life.The thesis analyzes the spirit and meaning of the minimalism from the aspects of layout design, design ofCD album cover minimalist techniques in graphic design, text design, and color design. The minimalismartists and designers emphasize the highest realm of simple social art, which is close to the public, moreclose to nature. They also highly fit modern art direction and the mainstream status. What they advocateagree with the principles and rules of coexistence, common development between nature and human.