cheers mate

thought i'd put this up as it's another ten year thing...nice quirky bit of type, interesting choice of font and all that. Not sure who designed it but it's always nice to see something with a bit of originality...I like the two birds on either side of Oi Polloi..

Popular Mechanics 110th

Some nice lettering by Jordan Metcalf from South Africa. I suppose it's nothing overly original or whatnot but it looks absolutely crisp nonetheless...works well for the anniversary of a magazine kinda thing.

Research boards

Open publication - Free publishing - More music

Skullz

A packaging design by Emmanuel Cook; features a wicked idea for folding. The fold houses each vinyl/cd in its own little compartment with a sort of index along the bottom. It looks a bit dark for what I want to do but I am aiming to try and make a fold as interesting as this.

"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" Soundtrack

Unique packaging for the soundtrack to the fairly recent film...not the original of course...the re-make. It's cool how presenting a soundtrack in this way allows it to become a piece of art in its own right, still connected to the film, but something that can be appreciated on its own. I particularly like the translucent packaging used to contain all the components, it reflects the coldness of the film fairly well. This was created by Neil Kellerhouse, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Rob Sheridan, Anders Linden, and Baldur Bragason.

20 Anos

Nice bit of book/vinyl cover design by Atelier Martino & Jaña. The book looks like a decent purchase, probably a decent read and has a nicely embossed cover. The vinyl packaging looks like a nice touch as well, some fold-out packaging that more than likely has some sort of poster on it. I'm planning to look into various ways of folding vinyl covers, to create something that isn't your average vinyl sleeve.  

Analog Light Animation

Some serious work by a guy named Michael Hansen, an interesting way of visualising music on a vinyl record. When played at the right speed, the individual patterns behave in their own way, creating a similar effect to that on proper Technics decks on the side when it is going the right speed and dots appear not to be moving. The video shows this better than I can explain.













Vinyl cover with analog light animation from Michael Hansen on Vimeo.

Pitchfork music festival re-branding

Festival Brochure design

Saskatchewan jazz festival design

Pela - Brazilian Festival

I'm quite enjoying this work for a festival in Brazil, it is very light and informal....a good mix of hand -rendered stuff with a little bit of proper type....very festival-ish

House of Leaves

Book by Mark Z. Danielewski...typographically challenging novel, breaks the traditions of conventional book design, although I haven't read the book so I don't know how effective it is as a piece of work but I imagine it must have some kind of impact on the resulting read. Either way it looks fairly interesting, I might try and get hold of a copy at some point.

Studio Iknoki - Stephane Levallois business cards

A sweet idea for business cards - a bunch of blank cards were placed on the wall of the exhibition, which the artist did a painting over during the course of the exhibition. The guests could then take one of these business cards as their own personal souvenir from the exhibition.

Madlib

Madlib Medicine Show - The Brick...each Medicine Show has a different cover, all quirky and out there, little bit edgy, like the music he makes. I'm not sure who's done the artwork but they're all just different as such. I like the guy and the sheer amount of music he makes. I'd love to be able to make as music as he does.