Seventeen – Always Yours album art
Always Yours is the first Japanese best-of album by South Korean group Seventeen. The two-disc compilation brings together 27 tracks from the group’s first five years in Japan, sold in differently designed, collectible CD packages. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon chart, selling 512,000 copies in its first week, and was named one of the three best-selling Asian albums.
Under the creative direction of Yumiko Kobayashi, graphic designer Taeko Isu pairs Grand Slang (Nikolas Type) with Helvetica (Max Miedinger) across the album’s various editions. Grand Slang takes the lead in the expansive all-caps title, its expressive proportions and sharp forms giving “ALWAYS YOURS” the presence of a wordmark. Helvetica handles the supporting information with deliberate restraint.
