Rewind! Cassette Tape Culture » Design

Boomphones

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:35:20 +0000

There’s no cassettes in this sweet lil’ illustration, but well, it IS cassette related . . . yeah? Whatever.
Nice illustration dude.

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Analog Tape Glove

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:57:56 +0000

Just f*ckin cool.

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Cassettes on CDs pt.2

admin — Sun, 30 May 2010 09:23:57 +0000

So part two of Cassettes on CDs . .

I came across two more album covers while browsing the local secondhand record store today . . . didn’t buy either of them. They’re probably good albums. Probably.

Thirsty Merc – Thirsty Merc

Kenny Segal – Ken can Cook

Frank Chimero and Cassettes

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:00:45 +0000

Was reading an interview at the engaging Grain Edit with the talented and insightful designer and illustrator Frank Chimero and lo and behold! a cassette tape illustration! Everyone loves cassettes! Hey! why the f*ck not!?

Bonus!

Serious about Sony

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:44 +0000

It’s no joking matter.

. . . a scene from that mystical time when cassette tapes reigned and CDs were the harbinger of the digital age.

A few things to note about this pic:

Is that the original Walkman on the left there? Actually, no, it’s not.
That’s a TV Walkman on the right!
Uh-oh . . . Betamax
It’s amazing to think that you can get almost all the capabilities of this equipment in a device that fits in the palm of your hand.
It’s difficult to tell by his expression if determined . . . or just confused.

From the always interesting barnobi.tumblr.com

Mixtape Zine

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:50:06 +0000

A quick one! From a fellow Cassette tape admirer

Mixtape Zine on Flickr – Photo Sharing.

“So, I want to draw your mixtapes. I want your sad songs, you love jams, your sing at the top of your lungs car tunes, your break-up tape, your make-up tape and your BFF-4evah cassette.”

Nice!

Check out her Esty store for more Cassette Tape goodness – like this great poster! Buy one!

Cassettes on tees . . . you know, they’re, like fashionable

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:14:07 +0000

Ahh, sorry for the shit title. Just found this round-up of cassette inspired t-shirts at coolmaterial.com

I especially like the obey one, seems the most original of all of them . . . yeah, the nudie jeans smells of this, while the Urban Outfitters has a whiff of this . . . hmmm.

Oh well.

Grungy cassette tape font

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:51:28 +0000

Ckas Font at DaFont

Awesomeness.

Apologetic tape…

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:56:33 +0000

Man, I wish my cassettes would apologise for unspooling! Ungrateful bastards!

via Font Soup via Friends of Type

Cassettes on CDs

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:48:27 +0000

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 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.