Dead Throne, The Devil Wears Prada 2011
Artwork by Dan Seagrave
I’m not for sure if Dan Seagrave also designed the packaging for the cd or not, and I currently have my copy packed away so I can’t double check to see if it lists the designer in the notes or not. (If you know please fill me in)
Read on for a video of the inside
Just picked up X-Men First Class and was checking out who designed the ending credits. It was of course Prologue again, so in the wake of the Kyle Cooper post I thought I would throw up this video of Simon Clowes’ sequence.
http://www.bu.edu/buniverse/interface/swf/player.swf
Title sequences in film are something that don’t intrigue me as much as they used to. I think it’s because the ability to fully generate animated intro’s that simply mimic the film seem to be a common occurrence anymore. When I stumbled upon Kyle Cooper after searching for the Marvel Entertainment bumper, I discovered that many of the film’s intros that I really have enjoyed had all been done by him.
What Separates Me From You, A Day To Remember 2010
I just came across this album the other day in the store. The illustration style and color is so good.
The Process of Belief, Bad Religion 2002
Designed by Mackie Osborne
This is actually a designer I just discovered myself. I have always admired the effort put into the Process of Belief booklet, and loved the design from the moment I bought it even before I knew anything about design. A couple of days ago I was going through my old cd’s and picked this one out, remembering how much I enjoyed the design of the book. That’s when to my surprise it was a designer I never was aware of that had already designed a couple different albums I already owned.
TED Lecture
David Carson is one of the most inspiring designers to me personally. I won’t get into a ton of detail on him, because I want to do a full on article on him when I can get my hands on some of his books. Check out his site, looks like it hasn’t been updated in awhile but there is still a wealth of awesome designs on it.
A Wolf at the Table, 2008
Designed by Chip Kidd
This has been one of my favorite designers for a long time. Chip Kidd has been designing book covers for over 20 years, he is employed by Knopf but has worked with many major companies including Marvel and DC. This book cover is amazing, one of the most clever conceptual designs I have ever seen. Very simple type treatment over a monochromatic image in the background. Obviously you can never go wrong with black, white, and red as your color scheme. However this cover would look good regardless of what colors he had chosen. It’s impossible to pick an image that can truly represent this man’s range of design so I implore you to check out the rest of his book covers.
USR website
Designed by Thomas Schostok
I was hipped to this designer from the old Fear Before the March of Flames website. Clicked the designed by link and BAM! I really love this guy’s work and he has a wealth of really versatile grunge / deconstructive design on his site. The image above is one of his recent web designs, but overall I think it is a good representation of his work. Some of his most recent work was done for CARSON magazine, which is really a perfect fit. Anyways hit up that site, and check out all his rad stuff.
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