Blog: Music design

27 July 2010

Musical paintbrush

Musical paintbrush

john l. walters, the technology department

The interactive, calligraphic visualisation for Labuat’s ‘Soy tu aire’
In his essay ‘Sound and vision’ in Eye 76, John L. Walters discusses the challenges…

26 July 2010

Singing type

Singing type

yves peters

Song lyrics brought to (visual) life by typography and design
The TypoLyrics section in the German typography magazine Slanted is an experiment in bringing together…

2 July 2010

Smash hits and ink

Smash hits and ink

john l. walters

Last call for the ‘Ray Lowry: London Calling’ exhibition in East London
Last night’s ‘London Calling’ auction raised around £18,000 for the Ray Lowry foundation. And there…

20 June 2010

Plucked out of thin air

Plucked out of thin air

the music department

Rose Stallard’s rock’n’roll illustrations for the Guardian’s Glastonbury special
Saturday’s Guardian commissioned rock’n’roll illustrator Rose Stallard to devise images for its Glastonbury special edition…

3 June 2010

Listening to music in Senegal

Listening to music in Senegal

joana monteiro

Let’s work with the concept of ‘listening’ rather than ‘selling’
I wasn’t expecting this in Senegal, writes Joana Monteiro. Technology not only influences culture but…

17 May 2010

Visualising prose in all its complexity

Visualising prose in all its complexity

ralph cowling

Each of Stefanie Posavec’s pictures is truly worth a thousand words
By day Stefanie Posavec works as a book sleeve designer for Penguin Books. At night…

30 April 2010

I’ve seen that face before

I’ve seen that face before

john l. walters

Grace Jones is immortalised in light at Chris Levine’s Vinyl Factory show
Grace Jones may be a face of the 80s, but a new exhibition in London…

16 April 2010

Cool for (copy) cats?

Cool for (copy) cats?

sally jeffery

Similarities: from plagiarisation and rip-offs … to homage and inspiration
This seemingly effortless poster by Abram Games, along with its ham-fisted imitator, is one of…

26 February 2010

Glamour profession

Glamour profession

the fashion department

Anthony Burrill’s graphics for Jenny Packham at London Fashion Week
‘It was all my favourite things in one place,’ says Anthony Burrill, delighted by his…

28 January 2010

Serious about design?

Serious about design?

gareth lofthouse

The challenges of designing for a declining market in classical music
Tomorrow’s ‘Design for music’ day at St Bride library includes a panel about design for…
 
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