When making this design, I took into consideration the alternative, slightly avante garde nature of the music, and the audiences it would most likely attract. I deliberately stayed away from putting too much information onto the digipak, to make the design more visually striking and uncluttered. I also did this to stay away from some of the more conventional features of CD covers. This cover, like the music video, emphasizes the conceptual nature of the music.
The three on the cover in roman numerals is a representation of the title, "Hommage a trois", which is french for "tribute to three". I kept the colours on this design to a minimum in keeping with the video, which is of course in black and white, with only the three on the cover and the centre of the explosions showing any great use of colours, although even in these places they are relatively muted. I kept the title small and out of the way of the main images, so as not to clutter up the cover, and kept it as the only words used, to further place importance on the number three (the title is made up of three words). Also, the relatively uncomplicated font used for the title and the spaced out lettering served to compliment the overall simple design of the digipak. This relates back to the Kills album cover I have analysed, with it's simple bold lettering and design. The unconventional nature of this digipak design was as a result of the audience that I believe that this type of music would generally attract, namely fans of underground, more avante garde music (specifically jazz), which means I avoided some of the features usually employed when designing a cover (lyrics for obvious reasons), such as images of the artist or information on the track, instead opting for more conceptual images with blurred explosions and unclear depictions of objects, meaning to be a visual representation of the music to anyone viewing the digipak.
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ReplyDeleteWhen making this design, I took into consideration the alternative, slightly avante garde nature of the music, and the audiences it would most likely attract.
ReplyDeleteI deliberately stayed away from putting too much information onto the digipak, to make the design more visually striking and uncluttered. I also did this to stay away from some of the more conventional features of CD covers. This cover, like the music video, emphasizes the conceptual nature of the music.
The three on the cover in roman numerals is a representation of the title, "Hommage a trois", which is french for "tribute to three". I kept the colours on this design to a minimum in keeping with the video, which is of course in black and white, with only the three on the cover and the centre of the explosions showing any great use of colours, although even in these places they are relatively muted.
I kept the title small and out of the way of the main images, so as not to clutter up the cover, and kept it as the only words used, to further place importance on the number three (the title is made up of three words). Also, the relatively uncomplicated font used for the title and the spaced out lettering served to compliment the overall simple design of the digipak. This relates back to the Kills album cover I have analysed, with it's simple bold lettering and design.
The unconventional nature of this digipak design was as a result of the audience that I believe that this type of music would generally attract, namely fans of underground, more avante garde music (specifically jazz), which means I avoided some of the features usually employed when designing a cover (lyrics for obvious reasons), such as images of the artist or information on the track, instead opting for more conceptual images with blurred explosions and unclear depictions of objects, meaning to be a visual representation of the music to anyone viewing the digipak.