Cover design for ELLE DECOR magazine with illustration by Rachelle A. Baker

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Digital design files of final cover for March 2021 issue of ELLE DECOR magazine featuring a digital illustration by Rachelle A. Baker. The digital object consists of six files: 1 InDesign (.indd), 3 font files (.otf), 1 Photoshop (.psd) and one text (.txt). The digital object consists of the following files: 2021.85.1a: EDC030121Cover-Illo_lo.indd (5.39 MB) 2021.85.1b: ElleGaboryStd-Light.otf (0.015 MB) 2021.85.1c: ElleGaboryStd-Medium.otf (0.014 MB) 2021.85.1d: ElleGaboryStd-UltraLight.otf (0.013 MB) 2021.85.1e: EDC030121cover_illo01.psd (77.4 MB) 2021.85.1f: Package.txt 2021.85.2: EDC030121Cover-Illo_lo.pdf (4.62 MB) The featured illustration is a symbolic re-imagining of Nancy Lancaster’s famous “Yellow Room," and features a Black woman wearing a yellow dress, ensconced on a beige sofa in a room with bright yellow walls. Across the top is black text reading [INTERIORS GOOD ENOUGH TO FRAME / ELLE DECOR / MARCH 2021].

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