Peter Broderick’s amazing debut album is now out, and my first copies arrived on my desk today. Think non-vocal, filmic, multi-instrumental, delicate, structured mesmerism.
This is the first album I’ve designed in a while and it feels great to have worked with Peter on it - I think we’re all very pleased with it.
The limited edition vinyl is hand-stamped on reverse card with a simple grass motif on the centre sticker.
The CD disc features the same design, with my photography making up the booklet.
I took all of the photos in two one hour sessions at Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham in summer las year and then used the grass as the inspiration for the rest of the artwork. I’m fascinated by bokeh and I wanted to have an almost ‘bokeh only’ image on the cover to make it all feel slightly ethereal and to tie in with the title ‘float’.
And we wanted to move Type away from the ‘we’re really cool and trendy’ sans serif face of the last few years towards something more traditionally typographic - so I used a serif face for all of the text.
I’m pleased. Now go and buy the album on CD or limited edition Vinyl from Boomkat.
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Not being a designer, but having a huge desire to design album artwork, I can honestly saw I’m totally jealous right now.
Superb work.
New edition of ‘Computer Arts Project’ is out at the moment Stef, all about designing different products within the music industry. Might be of interest to you.
Anthony Herron
Boy Wonder Records
looks great! i have copies on the way to NY right now, hopefully they’ll get here soon.
Nice work, Stef - simple, but very effective. I suspect a serif renaissance will start evolving soon, so good to see you breaking away from sans serif early for this project.
v. nice but moving type records way from the ‘we’re really cool and trendy’ sans serif face confuses me a little. the ‘we’re really cool and trendy’ crowd have been using serif faces for quite a while…