The Album Project
Originally inspired by a graphic design book, The Album Project has always been one of my favourite self directed briefs. Over the course of it’s existence it has given me a platform to experiment with different styles and production techniques.
XX
I decided to use XX’s debut self titled album for the first edition of this. However instead of designing one CD Cover for the entire album, I decided to depict each of the albums 11 songs. The albums stripped back simplistic style best suited the Swiss style I was looking to achieve.
Absolution
Having been pleased with the results of the XX album, I decided to apply the same approach to one of my favourite albums. During the writing process of Absolution there was an underlying theme of political tension and biblical references. This was a theme which I tried to encapsulate when designing each song’s CD Cover. To achieve this, I used a mix of photo manipulation and vector drawing.
Nevermind
As famous as XX and Absolution were, Nirvana’s Nevermind album was an entirely different league altogether when it comes to critical acclaim.
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This series was designed to commemorate the albums 25th anniversary of its release, Nevermind was by far the most challenging yet most rewarding of the album recreations so far.
I tried to get inside the head of Kurt Cobain regarding the interpretation of song cover, after reading different theories regarding the meanings of his songs, I feel that what I have produced communicates each songs meaning effectively.
David Bowie Tribute
To commemorate the first anniversary of David Bowie’s passing, I decided to re-design 15 of his numerous hit songs from his 50+ year career.
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The unusual themes David Bowie explored proved to be a challenge for me to interpret but I feel like I’ve done the songs justice.
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Most of these were done using photo manipulation but there are a few designs where I created the content entirely from scratch.
Chester Bennington Tribute
On 20th July 2017 Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington tragically lost his battle with long term depression by taking his own life.
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So on the first anniversary of his death I decided to put my own interpretation on 32 of his most well known songs.
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Being familiar with the band. Linkin Park were renowned for experimentation within their music, something which I was keen to adhere to with each single cover.
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This was also the project where I predominately created imagery in house rather than searching the internet for them.
Marshall Mathers LP
For album project 6 I decided to do something a little different and ask fans to vote on social media for my next project. The winning vote was Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP.
The tone of the album is a mix of childish sarcasm and murderous psychosis. to stay true to this theme I tried to depict each cover in a childish way, such as a drawing or cartoon. Other images I used imagery usually reserved for horror films.
Happier Than Ever
For all my previous album projects I'd never taken on an LP that was released in this time period. So decided to change that for album project 7 and re designed Billie Eilish's Happier Than Ever Album.
he album documents Billie’s journey through the pressures of fame and the emotional trauma of breaking up with her former partner. From a design perspective i made more of a conscious effort to take my own photographs rather than just use internet images or at least make the images I did use from stock photography sites my own.
