Blog: Music design

11 August 2011

Escher meets Isotype?

Escher meets Isotype?

eye editors, john l. walters

Danae Diaz and Patricia Luna animate Brandt Brauer Frick
Writing about ‘organic techno’ trio Brandt Brauer Frick for the Guardian last week, Eye editor…

10 August 2011

This city’s made of light

This city’s made of light

catherine dixon

24 hours of (normal) London life, told by The Light Surgeons in São Paulo
The Light Surgeons are a London-based collective of multimedia artists set up by Christopher Thomas…

29 July 2011

Visual sonata

Visual sonata

john l. walters

The Quay Brothers create an intimate spectacle for Bartók and beyond.
Film-makers might spend a lot of time and effort trying to make a set look…

27 July 2011

24-hour party people

24-hour party people

john ridpath

Soulwax release a day’s worth of music and visuals with a new app
Soulwax have stepped up their 2manydjs compilation series with the all new Radio Soulwax, writes…

26 July 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Scripts and hand-lettering are at the centre of music design
A lot of attention is paid to the design and typography of vintage record sleeves…

20 July 2011

Historical digital #1

Historical digital #1

historical digital

Digital craft. A new wave reasserts the primacy of skills and knowhow
In ‘Magic box’ (Eye 70), David Crow argues: ‘In a world where ideas are the…

14 July 2011

Sea of information

Sea of information

john l. walters

Digital design shines new light on the National Maritime Museum contents
The Sammy Ofer wing of the National Maritime Museum, which opens today, offers three different…

2 June 2011

Dot dot rock

Dot dot rock

zoë street howe

Zoë Street Howe on the black art of ‘heavy metal umlauts’
‘Metal umlauts’ echo the ‘devil horn’ rock salute, carry a menacing whiff of Gothic mystery…

2 April 2011

Cover story

Cover story

New trade version of monograph celebrating the inventor of LP design
The first illustrated album cover – for ‘albums’ of 78rpm records – was designed in 194…

3 March 2011

Downtown canon

Downtown canon

john l. walters

Installation, performance and drawing in the Barbican gallery
An ambitious new Barbican exhibition opens today, writes John L. Walters. Entitled ‘Laurie Anderson, Trisha…
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