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Design Category
Package design, 1996
Design firm
Warner Bros. Records (Burbank, California)
Collection
(1997) Sound Off: The Top 100 CDs, Music Videos and Print Collateral

Description

Michael Stipe and I wanted to create a portfolio of cards and information on unrelated imagery, something of a unique item. Since six different paper stocks were used in the contents, these items fell into a multitude of combinations of treatments. Although this is such an incredibly subtle aspect of the piece, as its creator, there is something very satisfying about knowing that they’re out there ... not all the same.

Credits
Art directors/designers: Tom Recchion, Michael Stipe
Photographers: Ben Katchor, Frank Ockenfels, Ed Rogers, Doug & Mike Stam
Client: Warner Bros. Records