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album covers – ghost box

06Feb08

Another great record label with its own resident designer/musician is the UK’s Ghost Box, which I read about in an issue of The Wire from last year. Julian House does all the label’s covers, drawing on the traditional layout of paperback publishers like Pelican for a “institutional-retro” look. As stated in the label’s manifesto, the [...]


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album covers – rune grammofon

04Feb08

Kim Hiorthøy is the principle graphic designer for all releases on the Norwegian label Rune Grammofon. I stumbled across some of his designs while browsing Mimaroglu Music Sales, an amazing distro run by sound artist Keith Fullerton Whitman. Hiortøy’s work is amazing, and reminds me of the simplicity and attention to detail of all my favorite [...]


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infinity plus

19Nov07

for some reason i was obsessed with this symbol i found in a book of op art last summer (repeated 4 times here). i can’t really say why, but the expression “infinity plus” always goes through my head when i look at it.


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more book covers

14Nov07

a few more interesting covers i picked up today at east end community thrift, on penn ave.

this is a grim one. i love the weird purple chosen for the woodcut part.

this is actually the back cover of what i think is a biography of francis ponge, part of a series. the french phrases and [...]


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modern book covers

13Nov07

a collection of several vintage, modern bookcovers. book collecting is a hobby of mine, but i must admit i often buy books based solely on the charm of their covers.

found at half-price books, dated 1962. bought in the gift store, as evidenced by a type-written card found inside asking for visitors to refrain from photography.

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