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Person Place Thing
Person Place Thing

Graphic designer Natasha Jen

By Randy Cohen
Published October 4, 2024 at 10:30 PM EDT
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Susan Packard

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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