Music album design history. Print series. (2018)
3 print designs / 4 packaging designs / 3 informational posters / 2 product designs.
This was my final thesis for BA in Graphic Communication Design studies. In these print series, I analyze album cover design as a separate art form, including the cultural and historical context of every album cover designer I chose to discuss.
The exposition consists of a custom box of vinyl and CD players, three publications with separate packaging, and a series of information posters that are placed into a separate version of a CD case.
Every print has a packaging that was designed based on various recording format types (78 RPM, LP, EP, and CD). Also, the packaging designs of the publications were created based on the works of a selected designer that was discussed in a particular publication, thus introducing the evolution of music albums design from the watcher’s very first contact.
Each publication features visual and polygraphic navigation elements. For instance, the first publication contains specifically selected types of paper and disc label stickers which were characteristic of the packaging of 78 RPM records. In the second publication tracing paper is combined with offset paper to emphasize the context of album cover design. The third publication’s different paper formats and colors point out significant objects. All of these features allow the viewers to get acquainted with the evolution of music albums design more easily and effectively.
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This project was nominated and won Young Designer Prize 2018 Public Award