What makes someone press play before they’ve heard a note? In The Significance of Visual Communication on the Consumption of Music in the Digital Age, Lwandile Nkanyuza (ByLwansta) draws on his perspective as a graphic designer and independent artist to explore how cover art and music packaging shape the way listeners discover and experience music. Tracing the shift from physical formats to digital platforms, this 2017 graphic design thesis offers independent artists and designers a way to think about what a release communicates before anyone hears it. Available as a downloadable PDF for R100.