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.

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

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 . . .