{"id":5159,"date":"2010-11-02T22:58:02","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T06:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/?p=5159"},"modified":"2024-01-18T08:22:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T08:22:55","slug":"cd-packaging-icarus-carnivalesque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-icarus-carnivalesque\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Packaging: ICARUS Carnivalesque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Artist: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Icarus_%28band%29\">Icarus<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Title: <\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Carnivalesque<br \/>\n<strong>Label:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.not-applicable.org\/\">Not Applicable<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Year: <\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">2005<br \/>\n<strong>Designer:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Ollie Brown, Sam Britton<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.not-applicable.org\/?page_id=17\">Carnivalesque<\/a>\u2019s CD packaging is a great example of anti-design. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It makes us think about (and possibly question) the concept of CD packaging, aesthetics,\u00a0 media and commerce. Brilliant? Check it out and tell me what you think.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This one right here is originally CD packaging of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonyphillips.co.uk\/discography\/mofn.htm\">Survival-Music of Nature<\/a>, released 1997.\u00a0 Take a look at how they &#8216;murdered&#8217; it.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5155\" title=\"icarus-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/icarus-1-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5156\" title=\"icarus-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/icarus-2-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5157\" title=\"icarus-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/icarus-3-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5158\" title=\"icarus-4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/icarus-4-520x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&lt;credits: Hardformat&gt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Their label suggests that the packaging is about the deterioration of the absolutism of \u2018shifting units\u2019 in the 21st century music trade; transitions of associated identity throughout the lifetime of musical articles; the musical work as carnivore or cannibal; and, simply, the recycling of negligent waste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here are the other CDs:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5161\" title=\"Carnivalesque-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-1-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5162\" title=\"Carnivalesque-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-2.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-2-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5163\" title=\"Carnivalesque-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-3-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5164\" title=\"Carnivalesque-7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-7.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-7-300x268.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5165\" title=\"Carnivalesque-10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-10.jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-10-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5166\" title=\"Carnivalesque-13\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-13.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Carnivalesque-13-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can either love it or hate it but certainly it is something you cannot ignore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><b><i>James Hill<\/i><\/b><i>\u00a0is a veteran of the music industry. He first worked at Warner Reprise Records then later joined Interscope\/ Geffen Records where he managed producers and songwriters and got his first platinum record for Keyshia Cole\u2019s The Way It Is. He is now helping indie artists with branding and manufacturing through his company\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Unified Manufacturing<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>, a CD\/DVD,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/vinyl-pressing\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">custom vinyl records<\/a> and merch company in LA.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist: Icarus Title: Carnivalesque Label: Not Applicable Year: 2005 Designer: Ollie Brown, Sam Britton Carnivalesque\u2019s 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.\u00a0 It makes us think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cd-duplication-packaging","category-cd-manufacturing","category-packaging-design","category-unified-manufacturing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5159"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38556,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5159\/revisions\/38556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}