The Smashing Pumpkins “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness”
Frank Olinsky, Brooklyn, New York, 1996
Description
It was a real honor to be asked by the Smashing Pumpkins to work on this package. The band spent a lot of time and creative energy on the project and it deserved a package with magical qualities. During our first phone call—before I ever heard a note—Billy Corgan described the album to me as “psychedelic music by a heavy metal band from the 1920s.” The illustrations, typography, and papers used all reflect this. I did my best to come up with something timeless, not trendy.
Repository:
Denver Art Museum
Discipline:
Package design
Format:
Package, Album cover
Credits
- Design firm
- Frank Olinsky
- Art directors
- Billy Corgan, Frank Olinsky
- Designer
- Frank Olinsky
- Illustrator
- John Craig
- Photographer
- Andrea Giacobbe
- Typefaces
- Gill Sans, Glorietta, Le Petit Trottin
- Printer
- AGI
- Client
- Virgin Records America
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