It has been a little while since I have talked about either album covers or typography, so here’s a shortlist of some covers that I love that feature exclusively typography. They have all been designed in the 2000s.
Typography
Loving Posters #02
The posters showcased today are colourful and typo-centric. Three of them used hand-made style typography, while the two others utilise fonts. Unfortunately, I do not know which fonts. Sometimes, not knowing the answer is good. It shows that we are not a robot or a machine fed by sole knowledge. It shows that even though […]
Loving covers #01
After sharing my favourite posters of the month in January, I decided to showcase my preferred album covers of the month. I personally give a lot of attention to album artworks and will buy music because of the artwork. This was the case for some of the releases listed below. I will also mention and […]
Loving letters: Gotham Black’s uppercase G
In 2008 I saw that letter for the first time in a music documentary entitled One More Song: Hooligan Disco. Made by French filmmaker Jean-Baptiste de Laubier – also known as an electronic music producer: Para One – the film focuses on the US tour of Surkin, Curses! and Para One himself. Gotham Black is […]
Loving posters #01
One thing that pretty much every designer loves is a good poster. Posters are great because they allow for as many or as little information as we need to display. It may be for a concert, a movie, an ad, or nothing at all. Even though I haven’t had the opportunity to design many posters, […]