II · On Listening 03 / 12

The quiet sleeve

Listen before you design

Every visual decision answers to the music, not the other way around.

The face holds the frame

The subject's gaze is the composition's only anchor; nothing competes for attention.

Two scripts, one silence

Neither script translates the other — both listen to the same quiet.

A single gold line

One ruled accent beneath the title says what ornament cannot.

This is the Fairuz Record Sleeve (1971) design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Fairuz Record Sleeve (1971) guide → designbycurio.com/learn/fairuz-album-sleeve-1971