Man, I wish my cassettes would apologise for unspooling! Ungrateful bastards!
via Font Soup via Friends of Type
Apologetic tape…
December 17th, 2009Cassettes on CDs
December 4th, 2009Of course there will always be a special relationship between musicians and the humble compact cassette; the mix-tapes for friends, the demo tapes, four-track tape home recording, the first demo on cassette etc etc. Plus there’s always the nostalgia (from the older bands) and retro-cool fascination (from the younger) that these special little things bring out in all of us.
Anyway, that silly little paragraph is an introduction to a special post on cassette tape album art!
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs (2009)
Ryan Adams - Demolition (2002)
Dashboard Confessional - A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar (2003)
American Hi Fi - American Hi Fi (2001)
The American Hi Fi album seems to be the earliest - or at least the earliest I’ve found so far - there’s got to be more out there! Hey if you know of any others . . . write a comment and let me know 
I find it interesting that the covers are all so similar; the image of the compact cassette fairly central to the page and the in various stages of decay . . . that Dashboard Confessional album is completely unplayable, but I reckon I’ve fixed tapes in worse condition than Ryan Adams’ . . .
I don’t know all the music of all the bands, but if they’ve got a cassette tape on the front, well at least I’d give it a listen!
Bonus!
Bow Wow Wow - Your Cassette Pet (1980)
And this isn’t some retro schtuff - tapes were hot stuff back when they released this!
And you know what? Bow Wow Wow deserve their own post . . . more later.
Love mix tape . . . wedding invites!
November 26th, 2009
Some unusual and thoughtfully designed and beautifully executed wedding invites and thank-you cards and bits and pieces.
The ‘mix-tape’ is a fun graphic device for the invites and a cute metaphor for the wedding itself - beats the pants of your standard script type and cherubs style invites!
by Price of Design found via Beast Pieces
Cassette tape marker drawing
November 25th, 2009
Business cards on cassette
September 29th, 2009
Sweet idea. I really like the fact that the cassette case is used to carry the cards and the case’s spool ‘bits’ keep the cards nice and neat. Unfortunately, like all good ideas, this is bound to generate many imitations!
There seems to be more and more cassette-influenced design and fashion pieces popping up here and there. See! told ya!
Anyway, this very clever creation is by Kozzy Osbourne (Koji Sueyoshi, but I like ‘Kozzy’ better) over at mixtapegeneration.com.
I found this via designboom ( damn them ) via cratekings.com!
James Gulliver’s ‘obsolete’ cassette tapes illustration
August 6th, 2009. . . not the illustration, it’s the cassette tapes that are obsolete.
James Gulliver is a talented fellow; some interesting and inspiring art projects, animations and . . . illustrations - including this one.
“Throughout this investigation his work maintains a consistent charm, whimsy and poetic graphic sensibility.”
Grouse. I dig it.
via www.jamesgulliverhancock.com, via ffffound . . .
Club poster featuring . . . cassette tapes
July 26th, 2009
via scrapbookmonstar
via flickr
Real recognise reel . . . Project C-90
July 25th, 2009Ahhh! It’s been too long between posts!
Okay. This site is nice: www.c-90.org
“This page is dedicated to cassette tapes. Here you won’t find any kind of scientific research, technical data or things like that. The authors’ only message is just to give a visitor something interesting to look at. The era of this particular medium is slowly passing, and here we are trying to turn back time for 60 minutes, or, maybe, for 90…”
It’s the biggest and best organised collection of compact, mini and micro cassettes that I’ve come across. Fan-tas-tic! Seriously - this is an amazing catalogue. Eg. Scotch 3M Cassettes
Awesome. So I have to say a big thanks to haplishe for leaving a comment letting me know about his collection. Thanks!
AT-AT Boombox
February 24th, 2009
Well.
I’m not big a fan of Star Wars, an would never buy this, yet it sure would have saved all the old b-boys from getting sore shoulders. It would be great if it actually nodded it’s ‘head’ and walked to the beat.
via gizmodo
(thanks B!)
Watch that cassette watch . . .
February 5th, 2009
I kinda dislike posting on things that I find on competitor’s sites (arrgrh! Designboom!)
Well anyway, it looks cool, yet the concept seems a little forced . . . you know, whack a graphic of a cassette over a couple of dials and all of a sudden, hey! Cassette watch!
But!! Look, it’s still cool, and if they weren’t sold out, I’d consider purchasing one!