Bob Jones (16)

Bob Jones was the art director at RCA Victor from the early 1950s. He was trained at Columbia in the 1940s, which design studio was the most innovative of the American companies. He worked together with Alex Steinweiss and Jim Flora and they developed the new LP format toward the end of the decade. When Jones came to RCA he hired his old friend Jim Flora. Bob Jones stayed at RCA Victor into the late 1970s. Throughout most of his career Jones devoted his spare time to his private publishing venture Glad Hand Press. He became well known for his limited editions and he initiates a renewed interest in nineteenth century decorative and novelty typography. Bob Jones died in 1993