LYRICAL

 

 

Because you can never have too many bags for carting things around.  Here’s one with a bit of soul (and a line from a Kate Bush song) from the Canadian shop, Fieldguided.

RECORD KEEPER

 

 

Graphic proof of vinyl’s appeal: the big, bold, tabloid-style cover title for the Talking Heads‘ 1986 album.

REPLAY

 

 

Not sure how I ever missed this bit of imagery from Peter Saville, created for New Order’s 1999 Recycle compilation.

BIRD WATCHING

The classic Penguin paperback cover design–a 1936 creation of the British graphic designer, Edward Young–has fueled more than a few creative minds over the last few years–most notably, the artists Harland Miller, Duncan Hannah, and Alanna Cavanagh .  This 2009 concert poster for the band, Spoon, is a keeper, designed by Luke Drozd.

MAN OF SUBSTANCE

 

 

 

The 1988 Joy Division compilation album, Substance, with the sleeve design art-directed by Peter Saville.

SAVAGE BEAUTY

 

 

Beauty is one word I’d not easily ascribe to the often nihilistic punk rock music movement, but the photographer Ann Summa obviously sees beauty where others don’t–namely, in the Los Angeles punk scene in the late 1970′s and 1980′s.

AIR TIME

No, it’s not a balloon. It’s Music Balloon, a sponge foam, tangle-free, plug-in speaker for iPod or MP3 player.

ALL THE RAGE

 

 

As relevant a moment as any to revisit this seminal album from The Clash.

KILL JOY

 

One way to get me, at least, to attend a design lecture is to give it an intriguingly provocative title.  Another surefire way is to insert the name Peter Saville, the fabled British graphic designer (creator of my favorite album cover) whose entire design oeuvre will eventually find its way onto this blog.  In any case, this is one discussion I’m sorry to have missed–and a promotional piece (echoing Saville’s famous visual devises), that I’d liked to have acquired.

DOUBLE TALK

A music box displaying a pair of anagrams by the Swiss artist and composer, Christian Marclay.