#graphic design and music

[drawdownbooks]

A5/02 Philips – Twen: Realism is the Score

Between 1961 and 1968, the magazine Twen produced a series of LP recordings in collaboration with the Philips record label. During this period, all editions of Twen were accompanied by LPs drawn from the realms of jazz, classical music, radio plays, world music, or pop. For the designs of his record covers, art director Willy Fleckhaus used Concrete Art by Karl Gerstner, Max Bill, and other dedicated graphic designers such as Heinz Edelmann and Günther Kieser. This now-forgotten series, comprising around 70 discs, is a masterful instance of the conjunction of music and graphic design. In collaboration with music archives and private collections, this rare series is reunited in its entirety and documented in this publication.

This volume is part of the Lars Müller A5 series, intended as a growing archive of graphic design. Each volume introduces outstanding personalities and important themes from the history of international graphic design, with numerous illustrations, essays, and interviews. A5 is a cooperation between the labor visuell in the design department at the Fachhochschule Düsseldorf and Lars Müller Publishers.

Designed by Jens Müller

Published by Lars Müller Publishers, 2009

In German and English

Softcover, 96 pages, full color, 5.75 × 8.25 inches

ISBN 978-3-03778-180-7

[zegalba]

Sade: Love Deluxe (1992)

[hismercytomyjustice]

okay. okay, i think i’m done now.

[shootingstarsandsilvermoons]

Taylor Swift - The Eras Tour (Live from SoFi Stadium) artwork by era

@taylorswift

[leaves-and-inks]

I’ve had this piece in my head (and on random post-it notes) since 2020-2021. It’s nice to finally put it to paper, or to procreate I guess. It’s not quite how I pictured it, but it’s where I’m at now skill-wise.

The Crane Wives are one of my favorite bands, and have been a huge inspiration in all of my creative pursuits, whether that be art or writing. Their music really speaks to me.

It was interesting reading up on the meaning behind the band name! I wasn’t aware of the myth of the crane wife before, it was really interesting reading up on it, and it helped me figure out exactly which bird to draw. If you’re not familiar with it and like mythology, I definitely recommend looking it up!

[ID: digital illustration of a red-crowned crane with its mouth wide open and a stylized, long neck wrapping around and behind it. In its open beak are the hand-lettered words: “THE CRANE WIVES”. There is a white border around the edge of the frame, and the piece has a word, rough style to its inking and rendering./end ID]

[zoedotgov]

random beatles song poster 19/214: norwegian wood

[eroticlamb]

Deftones - Adrenaline CD (Japanese release), 1995 ୨ৎ

[turntechdrainer]

hatchetfield posters

the chokehold halftone designs have on me is insane

[bandzboy]

by the way :)

insp.

[2001hz]

Björk: All is Full of Love (1999)

[thisisrealy2kok]

Joe Boyd Vigil - Toonami: Deep Space Bass (2001)

[389]

IGLOOGHOST PURE GREY CIRCLE

[zegalba]

Depeche Mode: Violator (1990)

[arcadebroke]

link

[garadinervi]

New York Jazz Repertory Company salutes Thelonious Monk: 'The Man and His Music", Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, April 6, 1974

[blackchantilly]

Thinking about this today. 🙃