September 2010
2 posts
“You can do a good ad without good typography, but you can’t do a great ad...”
– Herb Lubalin
1931 Practical Typography & Copy Writing... →
Young guns take note…A fascinating read “A reliable guide to the construction of advertisement lay-outs and to the art of successful copy writing. For all students of Advertising and Salesmanship”, published in 1931. Principles still hold true today.
July 2010
10 posts
Instroville artwork
Just got my samples through the mail of the package design for this Instroville Digipack I did recently for Future Noise of Music. Came out pretty nice I think…I used to play in a band that covered many a tune featured on these discs so I had more than a clue as to the look and feel of the overall package. It’s inspired equally by a little bit of Hatch showprints, and a splash of...
Gutter Brothers CD artwork
Not too long ago I was asked to design the artwork for “El Krusho,” the latest release by UK band the Gutter Brothers.
I put a blank CD into the toaster, put it on a medium setting and 5 mins later out this popped. Actually, it was a little bit more involved than that…
The guy on the cover is the now-deceased founding member Dennis Johnson, and this CD includes songs...
“While the dominant use of digital compositing is to create a seamless virtual...”
– Lev Manovich
LP covers of the 50's and 60's →
They don’t make ‘em like this anymore. Fantastic inspirational album covers.
“Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest...”
– Paul Rand
Magazine design
I started art directing magazines while living in New Orleans.
Firstly, with a start-up called Tribe, an alternative glossy that we tried hard to distinguish from the rest of the entertainment newsprint slop that was and still is around the Crescent City. To do this we tried to be locally focused but compete on a national stage with the big boys like Detours, Paper, Details and their ilk. I...
January 2010
1 post
Paperback designs
Old is the new new. Amazing gallery of paparback covers, great font treatments, hand-made lettering and illustration.