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Originally Posted by Shannow Id agree if it was a discussion on artistic style rather than simply 'post album covers you like'. |
There's no reason why it can't be both.
Personally, I'm not a fan of most of what's been posted here because they're nothing more to me than clichéd illustration jobs slapped into a CD box (or onto a vinyl sleeve). While that can still be relevant, it's far from the be-all and end-all. There's no engagement with the fact that a CD or record is as much an object in it's own right as it is a carrier for music.
What about the Massive Attack box-set printed with heat-sensitive inks, so that images beneath the coating are revealed as and when you hold it in your hands? Or the Rune Grammofon releases that build into a minimalist matching set differentiated purely by the information on the spines? How about the modernised cut-up aesthetic of Intro's designs for Primal Scream's XTRMNTR album, and the way it tied in beautifully with the animated videos created by the same studio? Or Designers Republic's ground-breaking work for Pop Will Eat Itself back in the early nineties, where they took the concept of sampling into the visual realm and the concept of brand-building into the music world, revolutionising British graphic design?
