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These 3* commissioned pieces are part of JPL's Visions Of The Future poster series, which are all available here to download for free.

* The Mars art featured here is inspired by our commissioned piece, available here.

We also have limited edition posters and prints available as well, including our Mars variant art. You can purchase those here. Note: The Grand Tour Poster and Print Set are now sold out.

Details on each poster below ...

The Grand Tour: NASA’s Voyager mission took advantage of a once-every-175-year alignment of the outer planets for a grand tour of the solar system. The twin spacecraft revealed stunning details about Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – using each planet’s gravity to send them on to the next destination. Voyager set the stage for such ambitious orbiter missions as Galileo to Jupiter andCassini to Saturn. Today both Voyager spacecraft continue to return valuable science from the far reaches of our solar system. Purchase the poster here. Sorry, this poster is now sold out.

Enceladus: The discovery of Enceladus’ icy jets and their role in creating Saturn’s E-ring is one of the top findings of the Cassini mission to Saturn. Further Cassini mission discoveries revealed strong evidence of a global ocean and the first signs of potential hydrothermal activity beyond Earth – making this tiny Saturnian moon one of the leading locations in the search for possible life beyond Earth. You can purchase this poster here.

Mars: NASA’s Mars Exploration Program seeks to understand whether Mars was, is, or can be a habitable world. Missions like Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Science Laboratory and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, among many others, have provided important information in understanding of the habitability of Mars. This poster imagines a future day when we have achieved our vision of human exploration of Mars and takes a nostalgic look back at the great imagined milestones of Mars exploration that will someday be celebrated as “historic sites.” Purchase the IC variant poster here.

Below: Our grandfather, Al Paulsen at his desk at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in the 1960's. He was an illustrator and graphic designer at NASA for over 30 years. This project was obviously a special one.

Better late than never, our 2015 Top Ten Albums are up. Listen to the playlist over at Spotify.

Don Clark / 2015 Top Ten Albums

01. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
Best Track: "Never Ending Circles"
02. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
Best Track: "Brown Skin Girl"
03. Adele - 25
Best Track: "Hello"
04. Kendrick Lamar  - How To Pimp A Butterfly
Best Track: "Alright"
05. NERO - Between II Worlds
Best Track: "What Does Love Mean"
06. Mute Math - Vitals
Best Track: "Monument"
07. Kacey Musgraves - Pageant Material
Best Track: "High Time"
08. Skrillex/Diplo - Present Jack Ü
Best Track: "Where Are Ü Now"
09. Lord Huron - Strange Trails
Best Track: "Until The Night Turns"
10. Hurts - Surrender
Best Track: "Rolling Stone"

Ryan Clark / 2015 Top Ten Albums

01. Twin Shadow - Eclipse
Best Track: "Old Love/New Love"
02. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
Best Track: "Never Ending Circles"
03. Man Without Country - Maximum Entropy
Best Track: "Entropy"
04. Purity Ring  - Another Eternity
Best Track: "bodyache"
05. NERO - Between II Worlds
Best Track: "Two Minds"
06. Editors - In Dream
Best Track: "Forgiveness"
07. Kate Boy - One
Best Track: "Midnight Sun"
08. Everything Everything - Get To Heaven
Best Track: "Spring/Sun/Winter/Dread"
09. Børns - Dopamine
Best Track: "Electric Love"
10. Tame Impala - Currents
Best Track: "The Less I Know The Better"

Ryan Clark / 2015 Top Five Metal Albums

01. Sevendust - Kill The Flaw
Best Track: "Death Dance"
02. Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit
Best Track: "Avalanche"
03. Solution .45 - Nightmares In The Waking State, Pt. 1
Best Track: "Bleed Heavens Dry"
04. Black Breath - Slaves Beyond Death
Best Track: "Pleasure, Pain, Disease"
05. Soil work - The Ride Majestic
Best Track: "The Ride Majestic"

Josh Cross / 2015 Top Ten Albums

01. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
Best Track: "Never Ending Circles"
02. Gunship - Gunship
Best Track: "Revel In Your Time"
03. Ellie Goulding - Delirium
Best Track: "Aftertaste"
04. The Neighborhood - Wiped Out!
Best Track: "Prey"
05. Of Monsters And Men - Beneath The Skin
Best Track: "Crystals"
06. Beach House - Depression Cherry
Best Track: "Space Song"
07. The Wombats Glitterbug
Best Track: "Headspace"
08. Florence & The Machine - How Big, How Beautiful
Best Track: "What Kind Of Man"
09. Waters - What's Real
Best Track: "I Feel Everything"
10. Passion Pit - Kindred

Best Track: "Lifted Up (1985)"

We're guilty. Guilty of relying on the quick and easy method of using social networking to update folks on what we're up to. You can see the cobwebs on this very site. I don't think we've updated our work section in over a year. But I can feel it in the air ... 2015 will be the return of the blog and long-form reading on the web. No? Well, we're going to attempt that when we can. Personally, I miss it. I miss putting together (and reading) content that you could spend more than 2 seconds staring at. We'll continue to Insta-tweet, but I don't want to rely on that ... To be honest though, we have been busy. Very thankful for that. But, now is a perfect time to wipe the dust off the site and let you guys know what we've been up to for the last 9 months - and we also want to share some new things we've got cooking.

1. Thanks to the VSCO Artist Iniative, our first documentary film about artists (specifically what drives us and connects us all) begins production in July! We will be hitting 6 cities and interviewing numerous artists from many different industries and walks of life. We're excited to tell this story ... more on that here. We'll be documenting and journaling the entire experience on our VSCO Grid.

2. Last fall, we had the opportunity of a lifetime come our way: To re-imagine the historic Cinerama Theatre in Downtown Seattle - our favorite movie destination since we landed here in 2001. We created 2 massive murals that completely altered the corner of 4th Avenue and Lenora Street. The mural art made its way into a re-brand of the theatre, inside and out. We are currently working on our short film, 'Re-Imagining Cinerama' that takes a closer look at Cinerama's grand re-opening last November - and the art that went into it. We'll also have prints of the mural (and more Cinerama art we created) for sale when we launch the film this summer. Photos above by Benjamin Benschnieder.

3. Stack And Scare! is coming to Shanghai in a massive way. The Shanghai Times Square Mall will feature a large Stack And Scare! exhibit next month. Giant sculptures, play areas, toys, posters, etc. Curated by APPortfolio. We are very excited for this - much more info coming soon.

4. Wine Meets Design. We are thrilled to be the inaugural designers partnered up with the talented winemaker Aaron Pott for Bare Bottle's first release. We were first approached for this project a few years back from our friends Katie and Nathan at Eight Hour Day. We've had a blast working with them, Marta & Josh Harding - and Corey Miller, the man who dreamed this extremely cool idea up. A quick bio from their site -

Bare Bottle curates the pairing of winemakers + designers and provides them with a blank canvas through which to create. Each unique collaboration opens a window into our makers' creative processes, their inspirations, and their worlds.

The dedication to craft, quality and presentation comes across so clear with Bare Bottle. If you love wine ... and design ... it's worth every penny. I was floored when I saw the finished shipped piece ...

5. Blast Off! After a 2-year hiatus, we are back with our good friends at Sasquatch! Music Festival. We had the pleasure of creating all of the Festival art, merchandise and even the Lineup Video this year. As per usual, the lineup is amazing (Kendrick!) and happens to be going on THIS weekend. We'll have an in-depth look into all of the assets we created (including another collaboration with Ebbets Field Flannels and Theo Chocolate) soon ...

6. The amazing opportunity to illustrate my first Children's Book came up last September. We had gotten book offers in the past, but nothing quite felt right and some of the projects just plain fizzled out. When our friends at Crossway approached me about a Bible Story by Kevin DeYoung, it was a big decision. In the end, It was a project I wanted to personally see done right ... and one that I wanted to see on the shelves myself. The Biggest Story was the most intense project I've worked on to date, and also the most fulfilling - in ways I could never have imagined. I cannot thank Josh Dennis and Crossway enough for allowing me to run with my vision and aesthetic for Kevin's beautifully-written book. The Biggest Story is hardbound, 10 chapters and 132 pages. Available in August and up for pre-order on Amazon now. Below are a few sample spreads from the first two chapters.

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7. Our Odd Galaxy wooden toy line with Uncle Goose is finally in full production mode and will be released in the next few months. There will be 3 products to start: Cosmo Kid, Moon Rover and Lunar Rocket, each sold separately - but of course much more fun when you own all 3. We have some fun OG launch (get it?) projects that will be released around the same time, including a window display at our favorite space store ...

8. Two years ago, we bought a 10-acre ranch, turned a 50-year old barn into our studio and then made a toy out of it. OK, so that's the short version. We'll have a nice process post on this (way over-budget and panic-attack inducing) project on our new ... well, see #10. For now, you can check out some great photos of the shop by Joshua Harding over at Bare Bottle.

9. Last, but not least, we are finally working on a new website. One that we will update. One that will work nicely on your phone thing you carry with you. We promise.

We recently had the pleasure of working with Live Nation and Cirque du Soleil to promote their new show, Kurios, for its debut at Seattle’s Marymoor Park on January 29th. The idea was to incorporate elements of the show into recognizable Seattle landmarks - The pipes of Gas Works Park bend to reveal one of the show’s main characters, while the circular focal point of the stage design makes up one of the city’s more recent waterfront additions, The Great Wheel.

We worked with the amazing Vahalla Studios to produce the screen prints, and you can currently see the posters plastered throughout Seattle's Downtown. We also have a limited amount in our shop.

Special thanks to Brad Gentry and Live Nation. We can’t wait to see the show!

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Always epic and often controversial, The 2014 IC Top Ten Album Lists are here! Check out our Rdio playlist containing every album except (sadly) T. Swift.

Don Clark / 2014 Top Ten Albums

01. The Jezabels - The Brink
Best Track: "Time To Dance"
02. Future Islands - Singles
Best Track: "Seasons (Waiting On You)"
03. Taylor Swift - 1989
Best Track: "Style"
04. Sia  - 1000 Forms Of fear
Best Track: "Chandelier"
05. Tycho - Awake
Best Track: "Awake"
06. Lights - Little Machines
Best Track: "Up We Go"
07. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Best Track: "Oh My Darling Don't Cry"
08. Betty Who - Take Me When You Go
Best Track: "Somebody Loves You"
09. Bleachers - Strange Desire
Best Track: "Rollercoaster"
10. Young Widows - Easy Pain
Best Track: "Godman"

Ryan Clark / 2014 Top Ten Albums

01. The Jezebels - The Brink
Best Track: "No Country"
02. Sia - 1000 Forms Of Fear
Best Track: "Elastic Heart"
03. Chromeo - White Women
Best Track: "Old 45's"
04. Royksopp - The Inevitable End
Best Track: "Monument"
05. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Best Track: "Oh My Darling Don't Cry"
06. Future Islands - Singles
Best Track: "Fall From Grace"
07. Sohn - Tremors
Best Track: "Artifice"
08. Delta Spirit - Into The Wide
Best Track: "Live On"
09. Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
Best Track: "Charge"
10. Young Widows - Easy Pain
Best Track: "Kerosine Girl"

Ryan Clark / 2014 Top Ten Metal Albums

01. Slipknot - The Gray Chapter
Best Track: "AOV"
02. Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds
Best Track: "Ghost Will Haunt My Bones"
03. In Flames - Siren Charms
Best Track: "Everything's Gone"
04. At The Gates - At War With Reality
Best Track: "At War With Reality"
05. Decapitated - Blood Mantra
Best Track: "Moth Defect (Bonus Track)"
06. Throwdown - Intolerance
Best Track:  "Intolerance"
07. Insense - De:Evolution
Best Track: "Meandering"
08. Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun
Best Track: "The Motherload"
09. Killer Be Killed Killer Be Killed
Best Track: "Wings Of Feather And Wax"
10. Insomnia - Shadows Of The Dying Sun
Best Track: "While We Sleep"

Zac Schwiet / 2014 Top Ten Albums

01. Betty Who - Take Me When You Go
Best Track: “Alone Again”
02. Broods - Evergreen
Best Track: “Bridges”
03. Chromeo - White Women
Best Track: “Come Alive”
04. Ariana Grande - My Everything
Best Track: “One Last Try”
05. Young The Giant - Mind Over Matter
Best Track: “Mind Over Matter”
06. Chet Faker - Built On Glass
Best Track: “Gold”
07. iamamiwhoami - Blue
Best Track: “Fountain”
08. Number One Gun - This Is All We Know
Best Track: “Make A Movie”
09. Taylor Swift - 1989
Best Track: “Style”
10. Barcelona - The Melodrama
Best Track: “Diamond and Silver”

Josh Cross / 2014 Top Ten Albums

01. Thumpers - Galore
Best Track: "Unkinder (A Tougher Love)"
02. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
Best Track: “Red Eyes”
03. Taylor Swift - 1989
Best Track: “Style”
04. Bleachers - Strange Desire
Best Track: “Rollercoaster”
05. Broods- Evergreen
Best Track: “Bridges”
06. Brooke Fraser - Brutal Romantic
Best Track: “Psychoscocial”
07. Ages and Ages - Diversionary
Best Track: “Light Goes Out”
08. Hooray For Earth - Racy
Best Track: “Keys”
09. Walk The Moon - Talking Is Hard
Best Track: “Different Colors”
10. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
Best Track: “Stay Gold”

 

It's been busy here at IC, to say the least, and we haven't been updating the blog as often as we'd like. To make up for lost time, here are a handful of new albums we've been working on over the past 6 months. Enjoy. woven_cover

WovenWar I've been friends with these guys ever since we toured together in 2010, but never had the chance to work with them on a design level. I couldn't be more pleased with how smoothly everything went. We knew we wanted a cover image that centered around an icon, and the WW mark is something that came to mind instantly after our first conversation. As always, I loved working in simple black and white. Each image is comprised of abstract painted shapes to convey a ink-blot/rorschach vibe. Pre-order the physical package here.

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Tedashii Below Paradise Taking a page from the late, great Storm Thorgerson book of "doing it for real," we ventured out into the high desert of Southern California in early 2014 to create this album cover. Caleb Kuhl did a killer job on the photos, Neil Visel was particularly handy with the forklift, and I put too much lighter fluid on the car and we had to call the fire department. Apparently they saw the smoke from a neighboring county. Oops. Grab the physical album here.

Propaganda Crimson Cord Our pal Prop gave us free reign on his (amazing) new album - we wanted the packaging concept to feel as organic and layered as his music. What may look like paint drips and splatters are (mostly) images of his iconic dreadlocks. Our goal was to blend his soul into the art as much as possible - which was inspired by the album title and album concept. Grab the physical album here.

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Memphis May Fire Unconditional The guys in MMF came to me with this concept, which I thought was great - that of the bond between father and child. Since my dad happened to be coming to town around this time, I thought it would be a great opportunity to photograph his arm for this cover... and I was able to talk one of my brother's children into giving us a "hand" as well. Grab the physical album here.

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The Atlas Moth The Old Believer I’ve always enjoyed creating imagery that is “more than meets the eye.” I also love concepts that allow for some real hands-on interaction. Ideas like this have kept music packaging exciting for me through the years. When The Atlas Moth came to me with a concept that would change the cover image when wet, I thought there was no way we'd get the necessary approval to make it happen. Thanks to the folks at Profound Lore, who, in rare fashion, believe in going the extra mile in the name of artistic endeavor, this amazing idea is something you can now hold (and drench) for yourself. Above are both "before" and "after" versions of the cover. Grab the physical album here.

Lecrae Anomaly One of our favorite clients, Lecrae (and his label - Reach Records), asked us to work on the follow-up to his last album Gravity, which we had the pleasure of working on in 2012. We enlisted the help of our friends at Shinbone Creative to create Crae's likeness in 3D wireframe (spot gloss varnish!) form for the cover. The physical packaging will def. be worth checking out. Pre-order that here.

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Killer Be Killed Working with an entire band of metal visionaries isn't something I get to do every day. Needless to say, I jumped at the chance. The aesthetic that we really bonded over, and seemed fitting for this project, was that of crusty, gritty, photocopied punk. The real fringe - Discharge, Man Is The Bastard, Doom, Crass, etc. It was a blast getting to work in a style that I love, for awesome guys that totally get it. Grab the physical album here.

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Grieves Winter & The Wolves Another album cover that's more than meets the eye. We worked with Grieves to create something really special for 2011's Together/Apart, and we knew we wanted to do something amazing for this record as well. The actual cover (top image here) features a die cut hole right in the center, where a standing Grieves shows through. When the cover is opened, we see that he's surrounded by wolves. Careful out there, buddy. Grab the physical album here.

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Insense De:Evolution I had the pleasure of touring with these guys in Europe during the spring of 2012. We spoke a bit on the road about working together for the artwork on their new record, and I'm stoked that we were able to make it happen. Not to worry - no babies were harmed in the making of this cover. Grab the physical album here.

mana_momentWe recently completed the artwork for Manafest's new album, The Moment. Our idea was to encapsulate that "leap of faith" moment - in this case, literally, as we see Manafest contemplating clearing possibly the largest gap of all time. You can pre-order the album here while there's still time! Go!

Over the years, Number One Gun has been a source of creative exploration for us. They've always been great at essentially giving us free-reign, which has allowed us the room to create some work that we're really proud of (thanks, Jeff). For this, their newest digital-only release, This Is All We Know, we created a scene made to look like a page cut from a special Twilight Zone Edition of a 1960s Life Magazine. We started with a pre-printed image and added a mysterious mirrored box, nestled into the setting.

Last year we received a call from our favorite software company, asking us if we'd like to preview the soon-to-be-released Illustrator CC. The one caveat was that we had to create whatever we wanted and document how we did it. Our answer? A resounding 'Awesome!' and "Uh-oh, what are we going to create?" There were no guidelines, save for a few key words: Modern, fearless and reborn. Adobe's theme for the new release.

Since we had just recently bought a farm outside of the city, we were in the thick of having our normal lives turned upside down - yet at the same time, we were having a blast with our new lifestyle. 'Reality. Reborn.' is inspired by that personal transition ... blended together nicely with the amazing new features of Illustrator CC and Adobe's willingness to give us carte blanche on creative direction.

We've been using Adobe's products for almost 20 years now and rely extensively on their tools to create our projects. Huge thanks to Terry Hemphill and the Adobe team for asking us to do this. We had a lot of fun with CC's great new features.

Without further ado, download Adobe's awesome iPad magazine, Inspire to check it all out - or read it online. And to top it all off, grab the mega-huge uber-limited 25" x 46" poster in our shop now.

Read about how we went from sketch phase to final color blocking ... and how our process always evolves as we work.

One of the coolest new features in CC is the Multiple File Place tool, allowing you to adjust the size of your file before dropping them on the artboard.

CC's new Touch Type tool is especially great as well, allowing you to manipulate and edit individual characters without creating outlines.

Those are just 2 of my favorite new features. Read about the rest. A few details below:

... and pick up the giant 25" x 46" poster in the shop now for only $40.

listen to our playlist over at rdio ...

Ryan Clark:

01. Editors - The Weight Of Your Love
Best Track: "What Is This Thing Called Love"
02. Biffy Clyro - Opposites
Best Track: "Biblical"
03. White Lies - Big TV
Best Track: "First Time Caller"
04. CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe
Best Track:  "The Mother We Share"
05. Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune
Best Track: "DNA"
06. Everything Everything - Arc
Best Track: "Kemosabe"
07. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Best Track: "I Need My Girl"
08. London Grammar - If You Wait
Best Track: "Wasting My Young Years"
09. Haim - Days Are Gone
Best Track: "Don't Save Me"
10. Bastille - Bad Blood
Best Track: "Overjoyed"

 

Don Clark:

01. Haim - Days Are Gone
Best Track: "Forever"
02. Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune
Best Track: "Alive"
03. Young Galaxy - Ultramarine
Best Track: "New Summer"
04. Beautiful Eulogy - Instruments Of Mercy
Best Track: "You Can Save Me"
05. The Night Marchers - Allez! Allez!
Best Track: "Tropical Depression"
06. Editors - The Weight Of Your Love
Best Track: "What Is This Thing Called Love"
07. JGivens - El v. Envy
Best Track: "Might (Not) Be"
08. CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe
Best Track: "Gun"
09. London Grammar - If You Wait
Best Track: "Hey Now"
10. Birds Of Tokyo - March Fires
Best Track: "Lanterns"

 

Zac Schwiet:

01. Brother - Call
Best Track: “Brother"
02. Andrew Belle - Black Bear
Best Track: “Pieces"
03. One Republic - Native
Best Track: “Can’t Stop"
04. The 1975 - Self-Titled
Best Track: “Heart Out"
05. The Head And The Heart - Let’s Be Still
Best Track: “Shake"
06. Aaron Sprinkle - Water & Guns
Best Track: “Alright"
07. Empire Of the Sun - Ice On The Dune
Best Track: “Surround Sound"
08. Young Galaxy - Ultramarine
Best Track: “Fever"
09. Ivan & Alyosha - All The Times We Had
Best Track: “Running For Cover"
10. The Lone Bellow - Self-Titled
Best Track: “Green Eyes And A Heart Of Gold"

 

Ryan's Top Ten Metal:

01. Omnium Gatherum - Beyond
Best Track: "New Dynamic"
02. Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Best Track: "Phantom Limb"
03. Soilwork - The Living Infinite
Best Track: "Tongue"
04. HIM - Tears On Tape
Best Track: "Love Without Tears"
05. Kvelertak - Meir
Best Track: "Bruane Brenn"
06. Extol - Extol
Best Track:  "Open The Gates"
07. Living Sacrifice - Ghost Thief
Best Track: "The Reaping"
08. Amorphis - Circle
Best Track: "Shades Of Gray"
09. Carcass - Surgical Steel
Best Track: "A Congealed Clot Of Blood"
10. Battlecross - War Of Will
Best Track: "Flesh & Bone"

 

aaron_waterHere's a look at the album cover we created with long-time friend Aaron Sprinkle, for his newest release, Water & Guns. The Album itself is phenomenal, and Aaron, as usual, gave us his unyielding trust to create something with no boundaries but our own imagination. Water & Guns speaks of (among many other things) Aaron's recent move across the country, and his long journey to complete this record. Our idea was to represent two polarizing landscapes using abstract shapes. In this case, all pre-printed materials from vintage magazines. Buy this record.

We had the great privilege and honor of speaking at LEGO's internal Design Camp last week - a day away from the office for the creative team in beautiful Enfield, Connecticut. Scott Decoteau, along with the talented and generous crew at LEGO, were gracious hosts during our time in New England. Highlights of the trip included the LEGO HQ tour (wow), dangerously delicious indian food, bowling and sharing sentimental stories about the infamous drawstring denim LEGO bag.

To commemorate our talk, we decided to make some things. One of them being a poster of us creating our new mark out of 4,236 bricks - flown in from all over the world. After 2 hot days, 1 broken mallet (don't ask), 6 iced coffees and 3 blisters, the mosaic came to life. Extra special thanks to LEGO for supplying the baseplates.

Unfortunately these posters and prints are not for sale, but who knows - we may throw some in future IC poster orders ...

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Is there still a role for designers in the music industry? We're honored to be amongst 7 studios interviewed and featured in IdN's Music Graphic issue.

Recorded music has always been packaged, from the very earliest days when wax cylinders came in cardboard tubes, and has therefore always involved designers. In the palmy days of vinyl LPs with sometimes stunning cover art and often erudite liner notes, the presentation was almost as important as the product.

But with the industry morphing so rapidly into the field of digital-download delivery, where do the graphics come in now? This is a burning question for all those working in the area of visually representing music. To see what their answers are, read this feature story, which solicits the views of seven specialist music designers.

Featuring: Telegramme Studio | Invisible Creature, Inc. | IWant Design | Daniel Reed | Matteo Meta | Leif Podhajsky | Giottographica

// Grab a copy here.

We're extremely thrilled to take part in the campaign for a new film titled Gennadiy. Our friends, Steve Hoover and Danny Yourd, the visionaries behind the powerful and moving Blood Brother documentary, have been hard at work on this incredible film and are now looking to finish the project with a little help from you. Visit the Kickstarter campaign here, where you can view the trailer, read about the film, and learn all the ways you can contribute to ensure its completion!

Once the campaign reaches $10,000 the poster that we created for the film will be revealed.

We're excited to reveal our new cover for Minorville, the upcoming album from Nashville's finest: Derek Minor. With the help of Curtis Clark (or 'Dad', as we like to call him), we designed this from the ground up in approx. 2 weeks. With over 100 feet of basswood and baltic birch, Dad took our design and created an entire city in 50 hours. Each structure arrived safely in Seattle, ready to be constructed in the shape of Derek's profile. When we were initially presented with the challenge of creating this album cover, this was the first concept we pitched - Many thanks to Derek and Reach Records for sending us off and running. Stay tuned for a full comprehensive "Making Of" film coming in the next few weeks, but for now - enjoy the teaser (Processed using VSCO film emulation):

abr_rescue_cover Here's a look at the recently completed cover for August Burns Red's new album, Rescue & Restore. The album will be available June 25th on CD, double gatefold vinyl, and limited edition vinyl box set. Pre-orders available soon! We had an absolute blast putting this together. Thanks to JB and the guys for their trust and letting us run crazy with it.