15 September 2009
Earlier this year, the super-talented Joshua James called me up asking for some help designing the booklet for his upcoming album, Build Me This. The booklet was based on an old publication from the late 1800s and would be very typographic-driven. Right up my alley, right? So I gladly accepted. Naturally the project soon ballooned and we ended up (re)doing all the packaging, labels, and the booklet.
The photos below are not incredible because I didn’t have appropriate lighting in my house tonight. And the upload warped the colors all weird, but you should be able to get the gist.
We designed the digipack and insert book, CD face, vinyl sleeve, and vinyl face labels. I do say “we” because I want to recognize Joshua’s continual help and direction—as well as his second set of eyes at 4 in the morning before sending off to press. Also, credit to Weston Colton for the photography—much more impressive in real life/real color. Hopefully I can get some pictures soon that do the piece more justice. In the meantime, check out the music (iTunes link again…) because it really is something special. Write home about it, even. I know I did.
13 September 2009
A while ago, I posted a couple things about an art project that I did design for, titled I am Chris Purdie. Just tonight I found this video that explains and documents it better than I ever attempted to do on here. It’s pretty interesting, I think. Check it out if you have a few minutes (or 7). I’ve been told that catalogs have been printed, but I’ve yet to receive them. As soon as I do, I’ll post some images on here. Until then…
chrispurdie.com from skylerjeppson on Vimeo.
09 September 2009
found it! these guys are really great. BUT—i was wrong. these are 100% legit, not digital.
08 September 2009
Michael Jordan is being inducted into the Hall of Fame in a couple weeks and all parties involved (the NBA, ESPN, Nike, etc.) are, true to form when it comes to TGOAT, milking it for all they can. While I’ve enjoyed the endless highlights and stories shared on the two former sites, Nike takes the cake for the most creative: an interactive, digital pop up book. Check it out:
Now, go play around, enjoy the site, marvel at the raw beauty of the shoes (void of color or distractions), and learn a few fun tid-bits of Jordan trivia while you’re at it.
And, a note on design… There’s a studio that I saw a few weeks back that I imagine may have been either the inspiration or the hands behind this site, but I cannot for the life of me remember their name. They do madly lush, 3 dimensional digital compositions, not too unlike the above screen shots. Does anybody know who I’m talking about? I’ll snoop around some more and re-post if I find them.