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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. […]
[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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
You know we are madly in love with creative vinyl records and vinyl packaging that’s why we’re totally mind-blown when we saw these colorful vinyl box sets. They all look so fruity, we’d like to eat them all! WHAT IT IS: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (The Singles Collection) _______________________________________________________________ DOOM- Operation: Doomsday 7-inch vinyl box set […]
Picture discs are records that appear to have pictures, images, or graphics on their playing surface. While most phonograph records are black, except for the label in the center, picture discs may display a photograph or artwork over the entire playing surface. We’re getting more and more orders for vinyl records since 2012 and that […]
[Written by Ben Schultz, is an award-winning journalist and music critic and is published in vinylloversunite.] Millennials may not have some things—decent job opportunities and pay, reliable social safety nets, a non-screwed-up ecosystem—but they do have plenty of options for consuming music. For the more technologically savvy, there are digital downloads and streaming. For the Luddites, there are […]
In this day where everything is digital, you might think that hard format is irrelevant. But we would like to believe that that isn’t the case. We’re not naive though. We know that CDs are not selling the way they used to back in the day. However, they’re not extinct and will not be in […]
Creative Agency: BLOK Creative Directors: Vaishnavi Mahendran, Zarko Dumicic Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work Client: Marco Argiro Location: New York, USA Packaging Contents: Music CD & Vinyl Packaging Materials: Paper We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful vinyl packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of […]
