Tractor music

It’s the post we’ve all been waiting for! Ladies and gentlement, I give you, one creative use for your old tractor…

Elektra hits 60 — art and commerce in perfect harmony

The label’s masterpiece? Love’s third album, 1967′s Forever Changes. Elektra records is celebrating its 60th birthday this year, and as far as independently-minded, hugely successful labels are concerned, it’s managed to surf atop six decades of musical mayhem with great aplomb, maintaining a textbook mix of art and commerce — from Love and the Doors, [...]

The 45 sleeve — packaging as art

“Sleeves were designed originally to serve as a protective device for records and labels during shipment. In the case of “45″ rpm records, however, a device of this nature becomes unnecessary. The raised label area on 45′s fully prevents any harmful contact between the grooved surfaces of records during shipment. Paper separators – such as [...]

“Greetings, grapple fans…”

With the large-scale pomp of the WWF, it’s easy to forget that wrestling (like football) used to be a resolutely down-at-heel kids-to-grannies spectacle that was one toe-hold away from the carnival. Whether it was Kent Walton intoning “Greetings, grapple fans…” on ITV’s World of Sport, ushering in such unforgettable characters as Kendo Nagasaki, or Jerry [...]

Ski Williams — extreme hand-lettering and illustration

In this age of digital derring-do, it’s easy for bands to put together great-looking gig flyers, posters and artwork for their releases. However, sometimes, there’s no substitute for extreme hand-lettering and illustration. With the prices of original 1960s rock posters by such artists as Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse and Wes Wilson still rising in value [...]

Smuin Ballet Company Posters

Stunning Smuin Ballet Company Poster campaign by Evolution Bureau, USA

‘Editors’ hack into Google Street View.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc5lD03sSKM

2001 opening credits as performed by school band

Somehow a little less dramatic than the original…

Give Up Art

Among other good stuff, Give Up Art are behind the excellent branding, flyers and album artwork for influential radio station Rinse FM and their club night, FWD. They also art directed the packaging for this album by Headhunter: “For his debut album Headhunter had recorded each track in a different studio location around the globe [...]