CD Packaging: European Design Awards 2010 Winners

The European Design Awards is the comprehensive annual awards organization celebrating the best of graphic design, illustration and digital design in Europe. A joint effort by 14 communication design magazines from across Europe. Here are the music packaging designs that are included in the list of winners:

Elyjah: Planet, Planet

After a split-7″ release on Siluh, the debut album “Planet, Planet” (Klimbim Records/Cargo) put the spotlight firmly on the Berliner lads from Elyjah. For us it was clear: this CD is fantastic. Both playful and atmospheric, it leaves a lasting impression. To ensure that that message was conveyed to the customer, we fired pellets at all two thousand covers. They circle like planets around a fixed point. Returning to a time in which men had morals in their hearts and cloth handkerchiefs in their trouser pockets, we put the band in Herr von Eden suits (styling: Leena Zimmermann, production: Kieran Joel) and then printed the large-format photos shot by Norman Konrad by hand.[ Zwölf]

Award: Gold
Country: Germany
Agency: Zwölf

Ensemble Modern Portrait CD

A portrait CD series of the Ensemble Modern soloists was produced 2009.  The covers show inverted photographs of light paths. Hundreds of light paths were photographed, and the musicians chose the path best suited to themselves and their music.

Award: Silver
Country: Germany
Agency: Jäger & Jäger

Legends of Benin

The music label „Anlalog Africa“ is looking for Africa’s musical „jewels“ of the 1970s. All pieces found have one thing in common: they take the most diverse genres of the African Diaspora and combine them so as to create a novel sound. Traditional meets Funk, Latin and Blues.
This new model unites the demands of modern production with the charm of long gone times. The imagery for the projects quite often constituted as little as tattered photographs and bus tickets in a dented biscuit box given as a loan to the project by the musician. Retouching of the imagery was not even an issue and the focus was centred on the subject of „patina“. The arrangements abide by the character of the original material and perpetuate aesthetics of printed matters stemming from that time. The delicate and detailed composing within prodigious pictorial spheres as well as various interviews and surprising music invite us to take a journey to a yet unknown Africa of the 1970s.

Award: Silver
Country: Germany

Electronically Yours

“Electronically yours” is a compilation tracks by european electronic music band. The artwork is mainly consisted of two illustrations combining the theme of commitment and personal attachment with that of the robotic mechanism, elements related to the title of the cd and the type of music: a faithfull dog and a –almost horse like- creature. The typography, the illustrations, and the paper was used in a way directing a d.i.y. overall feel.

Award: Bronze
Country: Greece
Agency: Mnp

Lars Winnerback Box

The artist released both a CD and a songbook in autumn. These were sold together in this box and was spiced with a vinyl version and printed photography. All photos taken by the artist himself under a joint travel in early spring.

Award: Bronze
Country: Sweden
Agency: HFDP