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The Clingstone House on Narragansett Bay
Clingstone is a 10,000 square foot mansion located on a small rocky island on Narragansett Bay, RI. For the past fifty years the house has been owned by architect ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Classic Album Covers Re-imagined as Penguin Book Covers
Do you hate how some album covers looks glossy? Would you rather have your whole record collection look older and worn? Perhaps you prefer them to resemble the covers of ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Jeremy Bradley Earl (WOODSIST)
Jeremy Bradley Earl is not only a multi-instrumentalist in the California band Woods (one of my favorite bands of the moment), but he also runs the label Woodsist, which has ... Read More
Adventures in Album Art: Extraordinary Records – A Book By Giorgio Moroder
Whether you realize it or not, chances are you are familiar with the work of Italian producer extraordinaire Giorgio Moroder. In addition to producing his own electro opus, 1977's From ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: The Modernist Editions
There certainly is a connection in logic between this series of album cover re-interpretations from Illumination Ink and Steven Heller's recent article in Wired Magazine. These "Modernist Editions" bring to ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: “Uncovering” Jandek?
Though the Jandek project has produced 54 albums of various styles (blues, jazz, folk and rock), since 1978, it is still the most mysterious project on the planet. Sometimes the ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: The Groundbreaking Work of Barney Bubbles
The artwork of English graphic designer Colin Fulcher aka Barney Bubbles is often described with words such as daring, bold and experimental. However, for me, his often geometric-styled images and ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Steven Heller’s “Design Artwork for a Shrinking Album Cover”
Steven Heller, Editor of the AIGA Journal of Graphic Design and co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, recently ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Jan Tonnesen’s Flickr Stream of Weird Album Covers
According to his Flickr profile, Jan Tonnesen is a bookseller at Wahrenbrock's Book House in Downtown San Diego, the area's oldest & largest used & antiquarian bookshop. He plays guitar ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Make Your Own Fake Album Cover on Facebook
The Facebook game/group Fake Albums, in which you make random fake album covers based on the 3 simple steps, is gaining in popularity. If you have a few minutes and ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Brian Roettinger + No Age
Our friends No Age not only produce awesome, timely pop music but they also package it beautifully with the help of L.A. designer Brian Roettinger. The above image is Brian's ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Hidden Images
Whose face is hiding in the new Black Lips album cover? I'm a big fan of subliminal messaging in art and album cover art definitely has its fair share of it. ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Jews on Vinyl: “And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl”
Josh Kun and Roger Bennett's book And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl, a survey of obscure Jewish records has been turned into an exhibition at ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Record Envelope (Vintage Record Sleeves From Around The World)
Today I stumbled upon a great resource for obscure, and very awesomely designed record sleeves. The blog is called Record Envelope and although it seems to no longer be update ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Favorite Album Covers of the 21st Century (…Thus Far)
One of our readers recently asked us to publish a list of visually/artistically exceptional album covers created between 2000 and the present. Well we pondered the question and here, in ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Goodbye, Babylon Box Set (2003)
Dust-to-Digital's Goodbye, Babylon, a 6 disc box set of reissued Gospels from the years 1902-1960 should be treasured not only for its music but also for its beautiful packaging. Designed ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Beach Boys’ SMiLE (1966) Vs. Brian Wilson’s SMiLE (2004)
The story of The Beach Boys', more accurately Brian Wilson's, psychedelic masterpiece SMiLE is as complicated as it is profound. Sure, I could tell you about the history of the ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
Here at AITA we are definitely stoked about Animal Collective's newest release Merriweather Post Pavillion. The Baltimore band has always wrapped their experimental and often bizarre music with interesting artwork, ... Read More
ADVENTURES IN ALBUM ART: Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
This new series on Art in the Age will focus on my favorite examples of album art and packaging from the past and present. Though some may see it as ... Read More
