CD Packaging: 12 Brilliant Typographic Album Art
Here are 12 albums that use type (letters) as the album art. No glossy portraits, no bling-bling, just letters made into artwork. Brilliant! Zipper Catches Skin by Alice Cooper What you get here is just the lyrics from the album presented in block paragraph form on the cover. There is also the very subtle ALICE […]
CD Packaging: ICARUS Carnivalesque
Artist: Icarus Title: Carnivalesque Label: Not Applicable Year: 2005 Designer: Ollie Brown, Sam Britton Carnivalesque’s CD packaging is a great example of anti-design. They used discarded albums of other artists then scribbled and erased info on each page with a black marker pen. Its presentation is meant to intrigue and confuse. It makes us think […]
CD Packaging: Chart Toppers and Their Album Covers
Here are this week’s Billboard’s top 10 hits with their album covers. Which one do you like best? 1. “Just The Way You Are”- Bruno Mars 2. Like A G6- Far*East Movement (Featuring Cataracs & Dev) 3. Just A Dream-Nelly 4. Teenage Dream-Katy Perry 5. DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love-Usher Featuring Pitbull 6. Only […]
Music Packaging: The “Breaking up is hard to do” Covers
We’ve all had our hearts broken and we can all agree that it’s one of the most painful events one can encounter in his/her lifetime. In fact, it can get too painful for some to the point that they become immobile and lifeless for days, weeks, and even months. Here’s a collection of music packaging […]
CD Packaging of the Week: Roots Manuva meets Wrong Tom – “Duppy Writer”
Musicians: Roots Manuva and DJ/Producer Wrong Tom Album: Duppy Writer Year: 2010 CD Designer: Tony McDermott When I first saw this CD packaging, two things instantly came to mind- Archie comics and Casper the friendly Ghost (the Movie). The floating guy (Roots Manuva) does look a bit like Chuck Clayton from Archies, don’t you agree? […]
CD Packaging: 10 Optical Illusion CD Covers
Animal Collective: ‘ Merriweather Post Pavilion’ (2008) No, it is not moving and yes your eyes are still fine. This is the cover image of Merriweather Post Pavilion, the 8th studio album of Animal Collective. The much-anticipated and now celebrated album boast trippy cover art inspired by the work of Japanese psychologist Akiyoshi Kitaoka. Soulwax: […]
DVD Packaging: Why Digipacks Rule!
DVD Digipacks are probably the most beautiful of all DVD cases. They have this certain X factor that makes them look 5 times more sophisticated than the standard jewel cases and DVD wallets. DVD Digipacks are made of thick cardboard paper and have plastic trays inside that are similar to the jewel case. The cardboard […]
DVD Packaging: Cardboard Transit Box Design
Nexus’s DVD reel. Beccy McCray, director of creative development at Nexus Productions, says: “We wanted to create something much more sustainable than the plastic jewel case and came up with the idea of a multi-functional and 100% recyclable cardboard box, inspired by the visual language and utilitarian functionality of the humble transit box.” Unified Manufacturing […]
Music Packaging: TELEPHONES
LPCoverlover and are posted on their site. This would serve as a database or a creative bank for musicians and CD designers. So if you want to design something with clouds in it, you might want to check our site if there’s a CLOUDS collection to see what other designers have done. This compilation would […]
Music Packaging: The Making of The Infesticon’s LP Packaging
The Infesticons recently released a new LP titled “Bedford Park” which is the third and final part of the Infesticons concept trilogy. Big Dada Recordings say that it is one of the highest quality packages they have ever put together. It includes a screen-printed outer sleeve with gold text, full colour inner sleeve with battle […]