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Does album art still matter?

Shortly after Storm Thorgerson died I did an interview with Matt Meuse of CBC Music about why sleeve art matters and where it will go next. Also in the interview are Jeff Jank who designs for Stones Throw and David Jones (pictured) who owns the Vinyl Records store in Vancouver.

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The Simonsound – ‘The Beam’ single on sale now

Want one of these? The new single from The Simonsound in a special 25 copy ‘Pilot Pack’ with 10″ colour vinyl, two sided colour map, sew on ‘The Simonsound Transit Authority’ Pilot patch, 1 of a kind 1/4 inch tape loop, mini booklet, Monorail ticket, all housed in a beautiful letter press printed sleeve? Better [...]

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Google Saul Bass Birthday tribute

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Boston Magazine cover for May 2013

No more to be said, read the story behind the cover here.

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Geographically correct London Tube map

After posting a circular version of the London Underground map earlier this week, this version was bought to my attention. Everyone knows that the traditional map has locations forced into places that they aren’t so as to make them fit a cleaner, clearer design. Mark Noad decided to make a geographically correct version of the [...]

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