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CD Packaging Design: Keramick and Lobo- The Braille

Artist: Keramick & Lobo Album: The Braille Label: Exogenic Breaks Year: 2009 Designer: Antti Heikkinen Antti Heikkinen created this clean and playful CD packaging design for Keramick & Lobo, an electroacoustic band from Helsinki, Finland. “The wonderful electroacoustic band Keramick & Lobo released their second album “The Braille” in August 2009. I designed their visual […]

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Album Cover Copyright: Album Artwork Look-Alikes

An original work is one not received from others nor one copied based on the work of others. It is a work created with a unique style and substance. The truth is there are only very few original ideas. Wray Herbert , in his article published in Scientific American, said that we do not really […]

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CD Packaging: Minute Papillon- Second Language

Minute Papillon is Second Language’s latest and most ambitious curatorial exercise yet. It comprises of 60 one-minute-long tracks purveyed by a pan-global retinue of left-of-centre artists. It is packaged in a deluxe, silver foil blocked jewel box with magnifying glass. The text is so small that it’s painful to read without the use of the […]

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Radiohead’s Deluxe Edition “Newspaper Album” Revealed

Radiohead will release a deluxe edition “Newspaper Album” (not The Universal Sigh) for their latest album, The King of Limbs. It is scheduled to come out on May 9. According to the King of Limbs website, the “newspaper album” contains “two clear 10″ vinyl records in a purpose-built record sleeve,” a digital download, a compact disc, many […]

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Vinyl Record Packaging: Run Hide Survive- Show Off

A 12- Layer screenprint which was included as part of the first Showoff 12″ vinyl record pressing in LA release by Sheffield based production duo RUN HIDE SURVIVE. The 12″ record sleeve is plain white with a central hole that reveals a of colorful spectrum of colors. Pull out the enclosed record to see the […]

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CD Packaging of the Week: Freeway- Stimulus Package

Wouldn’t you be jumping with joy if you see a stack of dollar bills lying on your doorstep? I would. But then, after 2 seconds you realize it’s fake. How would you feel? Bummed? Pissed?  You examine it closer and realize it’s the Freeway CD you purchased the other day. Now your face lights up […]

CD Packaging: Last Days On Earth- Pow Pow
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CD Packaging: Last Days On Earth- Pow Pow

It looks like the art director/designer was playing with his Stabilo Boss Highlighter while cooking up an artwork concept for this album.  Maybe he got so frustrated because he’s been sitting for hours with a blank sheet of paper…out of his frustration, he starts to scribble using his green highlighter…and then, voila! At first, the […]