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Size | Approximately 500 items |
Abstract | Design work by Sue Meyer Design, a design firm founded by white graphic designer, illustrator and art director Sue Meyer, including publications by Southern Culture on the Skids, Hasil Adkins, Sugar Hill Records, the Museum of Life and Science, and Algonquin Books. Materials consist of design and print mechanicals, production mockups, package design, book jacket design, printed promotional posters and a printed catalog. |
Creator | Sue Meyer Design. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Until May 2021, the materials in the Sue Meyer Design Collection were described as part of the D. Kent Thompson Collection (20479).
Encoded by: Laura Smith
Updated by Rebecca Stubbs and Laura Smith, February 2022
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Donor provided the following biographical information*:
Sue Meyer holds a BFA in drawing from the College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning at the University of Cincinnati (1980). She started Sue Meyer Design in 1995 after working as Art Director at the NC Museum of Life & Science in Durham.
The majority of her work has been for music labels and musicians, designing and illustrating hundreds of CD packages over the years. Her other work includes logo design, illustration, collateral, and marketing support for museums; cultural, heritage, and arts organizations; conservation groups; publishers.
*Original text was lightly edited to conform with the style guide in use.
Back to TopDesign work for publications by Southern Culture on the Skids, Hasil Adkins, Sugar Hill Records, the Museum of Life and Science, and Algonquin Books. Materials consist of design and print mechanicals, production mockups, package design, book jacket design, printed promotional posters and a printed catalog.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Adkins, Hansil, 1992CD print samples. Production mock-up (provided to printer) for the unrealized Hasil Adkins recording. |
Folder 2 |
Algonquin Books: Best of the South: The Best of the Second Decade, 2005Jacket design by Sue Meyer Design. |
Folder 3 |
Museum of Life and Science, 1991-1992Annual report for The NC Museum of Life and Science designed by Sue Meyer. The Polaroid transfers included in the report were executed by Kent Thompson and Sue Meyer, some hand-colored by Sue Meyer. |
Folder 4 |
Sugar Hill Records, 1997-1998Print catalog of Sugar Hill records releases. |
Image Folder PF-70099/1 |
Merlefest: Doc Watson, 200211 items. Color slides, color prints. Images used in Sugar Hill CD package. |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-70099/1-5
OPF-70099/1OPF-70099/2OPF-70099/3OPF-70099/4OPF-70099/5 |
Posters, 1990s-2000sCollection of gig posters usually promoting the new release the bands were touring. Most of these were for Sugar Hill Records artists’ new releases. Southern Culture on the Skids, concert, Ditch Diggin', For Lovers Only; Greg Trooper Make It Through This World; Tim O'Brien, Cornbread Nation and Traveler; Sugar Hill All Stars; Maura O'Connell, Don't I Know; The Infamous Stringdusters; Wishing You 'The Best of' Holidays from Sugar Hill Records; Sugar Hill Records: Home of the Best of Doc Watson; Dolly Parton Live and Well; Scott Miller and the Commonwealth; Martha Scanlan, The West Was Burning; The Duhks, The Duhks and Migrations; Red Stick Ramblers, Made in the Shade and My Suitcase Is Always Packed; The Gibson Brothers, Red Letter Day and Long Way Back Home; Sam Bush, King of My World; Algonquin, Best of the South; 28th Annual Festival for the Eno; Sugar Fest 2005. |
Digital Folder DF-70099/1 |
Sue's Reissue Art, Too Much PorkCreated digital files from David Southern’s original analog design. Recreated cover illustration. |
Digital Folder DF-70099/2 |
Too Much Pork (Reissue art), February 2002Created digital files from David Southern’s original analog design. Recreated cover illustration. |
Digital Folder DF-70099/3 |
Hasil Adkins: Moist, August 2016Contains Nikon raw format files. D. Kent Thompson's description: "Pictures of 'mechanicals' for unreleased CD package on Moist Records. Photos of my CD design / print mechanicals and production mock-up for unrealized Hasil Adkins recording 'Who Took Your Clothes Off, Baby?'" |
Digital Folder DF-70099/4 |
Hasil Adkins: Moist, August 2016Contains TIFFs. |
Digital Folder DF-70099/5 |
Photographs, "Sugar Hill Records"Photographs of CD package designs for Sugar Hill Records. |