Advice for Musicians: Things You Should Say NO To More Often
If there’s one piece of advice for musicians (or artists) that we strongly believe in, it’s this: Learn to say no. When you’re still a newbie and you want to enter the music scene, it is expected (in fact, quite wise) to say YES to a lot of things— free gigs, some favors here and […]
Vinyl Package: Ivy Sole – Overgrown Splatter Vinyl
We saw this beautiful vinyl cover at Vinyl Me Please and just had to share. This one is a split light blue and clear record with a yellow splatter, to complement the cover. The stencil says “Overgrown” with some flowers around it. The artwork on the cover is truly…a work of art, isn’t it? Beautiful colors, […]
Vinyl Record Labels That Look Like Works of Art
We want our vinyl record and vinyl record labels to look rad. We think we can do this by choosing pretty colors, putting glitters and splatter and making awesome packaging but sometimes we forget that we can do many creative things with the label. Yes, that’s the one in the middle near the center hole. […]
Creative Vinyl Packaging: Olsson Tropical Cologne
[We here at Unified are obsessed with creative vinyl packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a Pinterest page dedicated to all things media packaging. If you want to make a really badass album with cool CD or vinyl packaging, get a […]
Vinyl Packaging: Sad About The Times (Various Artists)
Beautiful vinyl packaging for a set of beautiful songs to accompany your summertime blues while you’re all soaked in a warm bath. Each song gives you the feeling that yes, life is not always good but, in the grand scheme of things, it’s still beautiful. The packaging is a retro collage that reminds me of […]
T-Shirt Packaging: Wine Bottle for Iver Grizzle Shirts
Iver Grizzle is a specialized clothing apparel brand. Its focus is on creating custom band t-shirts, t-shirt packaging and clothing designs that have a story! These designs are one of a kind, limited edition prints. We had to design a packaging that would go hand in hand with the story of Iver Grizzle. Designed by: Yohan […]
Vinyl Mastering: What to do with audio capacity
Making a vinyl record can be overwhelming and intimidating for almost anyone especially the vinyl mastering process. Even the ones who are already in the music and audio industry can still commit mistakes. Before we start with specific steps and hacks, the #1 tip we can give you for a seamless vinyl mastering and custom […]
Vinyl Packaging: Warp 10-year Anniversary Vinyl
Design: Carosello Lab Project Type: Produced Client: Dim Mak (Steve Aoki & The Bloody Beetroots) Location: Milan, Italy Packaging Contents: Vinyl Packaging Substrate / Materials: paper Printing Process: Offset, blind embossing, cold foil A physical and digital experience designed for a celebrative, limited edition album by DJs Steve Aoki and The Bloody Beetroots. CAROSELLO worked […]
Creative MultiDisc CDs and DVDs That Totally Rock
There’s nothing we find more exciting over here at Unified than designing and manufacturing special box sets and multidisc CD/DVD sets. It’s a delight every step of the process and we’d be very happy to give you the service you need to give you exactly the media and packaging that you want. Multidisc CDs and […]
Vinyl Sleeve Artworks That Are So Bad They’re Good
These vinyl sleeve artworks are like B movies…or your first kiss— they’re sloppy, they make you cringe and cry at just how bad they are. What were they thinking, right? But it’s exactly because of their ugliness that they’re impossible to ignore. In fact, you might even get to like some of them. Just check […]