Inspire CD Cover

Our NC class gave their first full presentation today in the studio for 'Inspire' - a CD cover project we like to set every year for this class. NC Graphics is the foundation and entry year to our HN programme, and the focus is on process rather than product in the early stages.

The project produced lots or original thinking and some great artwork, as well as giving us an insight into the musical tastes of our fledgling designers. This effort by David Buchanan was suitably inspiring - an imagined compilation album by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Ros, called 'Vonlenska' (the name of the invented language which the band write and sing in). The cover came wrapped in brown paper and contained a cover wallet plus a 16-page stitched booklet.  More examples will appear soon on our Pinterest boards.

Design Splatters

Year 1 Graphic Design had some fun recently designing coverart for an upcoming band's debut CD.

The students set up a space in the college where they could create paint footprints and tracks on a large canvas, in response to music being played live by the band.

The resulting abstracts were then photographed and will be used as part of the CD cover design.

The event was organised by Ian Kirkby of Lewis Design.

Splatter One:










Splatter Two: