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The impact and importance of cassette tapes in relationships.
Well, I’ll be.
See, we tend to think of cassette tapes from the materialistic point of view (well not really), but along come a book, “Cassette from My Ex” that shows us the emotional side of these little pieces of plastic with magnetic tape in ‘em.
“Cassette from My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves shares [...]
Grungy cassette tape font
Ckas Font at DaFont
Awesomeness.
Apologetic tape…
Man, I wish my cassettes would apologise for unspooling! Ungrateful bastards!
via Font Soup via Friends of Type
Cassettes on CDs
Of 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 [...]
Posted in Art, Collection, Culture, Design Tagged American Hi Fi, Art, bands, cassettes, CDs, Dashboard Confessional, Design, music, Ryan Adams, Yo La Tengo 3 Comments
Love mix tape . . . wedding invites!
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 off your standard script type and cherubs style invites!
by Price of Design found via Beast Pieces
Cassette tape marker drawing
via bo…om
but . . . ‘Ace of Base’!?
Business cards on cassette
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 [...]
James Gulliver’s ‘obsolete’ cassette tapes illustration
. . . 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
via scrapbookmonstar
via flickr
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cassette on acrylic