‘The first in a series of photographs exploring and called the colour of music. This series purely looks at the colour of the record sleeves grouping all records by colour alone. In this way the genres of music were mixed with techno standing next to hiphop next to rock next to house and so on.’ -GWBenson
Found via Peter Crawley
Packaging for The Skull Defekts by designer Thomas Ekelund
Will recorded music survive the next ten years? Article at CNET.
My take: Sounds a bit like the font industry. Passions fuel incredible work; what the article misses: It’s not always about the money.
Though without decent income, things can scale back drastically.
How much one is willing to starve for their art has great relevance right now.
Article found via theSTART’s Jamie Miller;
Ekelund’s work found via Hardformat
40th Anniversary Woodstock tribute poster tied to a west coast music festival.
This was a collaborative project I designed with psychedelic light show legend George Holden. His liquid light backgrounds, my illustration and lettering.
‘TeuxDeux is a simple, designy, free, browser-based to-do app.’
A collaborative product from swissmiss and Fictive Kin. And it’s FREE.
Demo video above. Grab it here.
Prep
Experimental, architectural, typographic. The work of UK-based Peter Crawley.
Follow the progress of his latest piece (pictured) on Twitter.
Detail
Midway
Plus
Here’s an interview over at Ape on the Moon.
And
A link to the final product.
Found via Natasha Newton
A bit over 25 years ago, Modern Dog hit the Seattle music scene doing graphic design in a way it wasn’t supposed to be done. Hand drawn illustration, messy over the top typography, bright colors, goofy text. Humor!
What’s not to love?
You can fetch their book here. You may have seen their work for Blue Q (images below). Modern Dog website. I’ve also had some great conversations with co-owner Robynne Raye.
Been swapping recipes. Soup is good food.
‘PMT was one of few if not the only band in Milwaukee to combine experimental music, costumes, cutting edge graphic design and performance.’ -Milwaukee Rock Posters
The Pioneers of Modern Typography (PMT) was a mid-1980s experimental art/performance rock band that incorporated graphic design history and theory into their work. The posters (pictured) were designed by John Luttropp and Frank Ullenberg. Scott Schanke also made up the group.
More posters here. Additional details about the band are posted at John Luttropp’s website here – with the promise of audio/visual to come.
Found via Ready for the House, shu and joe
Designer Art Chantry is the second generation rock poster guru who bridged the 1960s and has inspired (directly or indirectly) the current wave of artists.
His book is still floating around, here’s some images. Official site (with gallery link). Oakley sunglasses. And an interview. And another.
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