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Design Category
Package design, 1996
Design firm
MCA Records Creative (Universal City, California)
Collection
(1997) Sound Off: The Top 100 CDs, Music Videos and Print Collateral

Description

This limited-edition advance CD was produced mostly by hand. We used diazo prints, rubber stamps, and plenty of manual labor. These were created in an edition of 750, signed and numbered by the recording artist—who, I might add, was part of the manual labor. This project was a nice diversion from the typical manufacturing process.

Credits
Art directors: Todd Gallopo, Tim Stedman
Graphic designers: Richard Buckner, Todd Gallopo, Tim Stedman
Photographer: Darcy Hemley
Writer: Richard Buckner
Typefaces: Helvetica, Sabon
Printer: Continental Graphics
Fabricator: Westland Graphics