What is your favourite album cover? “Roger Daltry’s Ride A Rock Horse. I love everything about this cover from its tone right down to the pose of Roger.”...
A’Design Award and Competition 2020 — Final Call for Submission — Italy
In a world where there are millions of products and designs launch each year, A’Design Award and Competition was born out of the desire to underline the best designs and well designed products. Submissions are now open in 100+ categories, with popular choices including Interior Space and Exhibition Design; Architecture, Building and Structure Design; Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design;...
Hugo Jourdan — Paris, France
“I’m a big fan of the cover and alternative cover of the last album of Post Malone, Beerbongs & Bentleys. I really like the quality of the photo-montage for the vinyl version. It seems soft and painful at the same time.”...
Marco D’Aleo — Milan, Italy
What is your favourite album cover? “I am a big fan of the Prose èlite by Medine album visual.”...
Fanakalo — Stellenbosch, South Africa
What is your favourite album cover? “The one that jumps to mind is the Beck album where the cover was blank and you as the consumer had stickers that you could paste on the blank space. That was really cool.”...
Tyler Stout — Brush Prairie, Washington, US A
What is your favourite album cover? “It probably changes from week to week. One iconic album cover I like is the cover for The Beatles’ 1968 album Revolver, designed by Klaus Voormann.”...
Ke To — Moscow, Russia
“I judge an album by its cover. I think that a great cover sets the mood and conveys the emotions of the artist behind it. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division is my favourite cover. The minimalist sound of the album has stayed recognisable throughout decades. Every designer aspires to create such an iconic image.”...
Simon Lemmerer & Stefan Leitner — Graz, Austria
“My favourite classic album cover is Dark Side Of The Moon from Pink Floyd. I also like good art photography on music covers, such as the 2007 album from Wiley, called Playtime Is Over.”...
Anna Katrin Karlsson – Forest – Oslo, Noruega
¿Cuál es la portada de tu álbum favorito? “Uno que es atemporal y representa bien la música es Unknown Pleasures de Joy Division. Me encanta el trabajo de Leif Podhajsky, especialmente los de Tampe Impala y Bonobo. Si tuviera que elegir solo uno, serían los primeros fuegos de Bonobo «. Anna Katrin Karlsson es cofundadora del estudio de diseño Forest,...
Lars Högström – Helsinki, Finland
Desde aquel inesperado triunfo de Searching for Sugar Man en los Óscar ha generado un renovado interés de la cultura popular hacia los documentales musicales, elevando este subgénero a un status superior. Y aunque esto es algo que se agradece, no debemos olvidar que desde hace mucho tiempo se han podido encontrar interesantes documentales realizados por apasionados de la música...
Quim Marin Studio – Madrid/Barcelona, Spain
¿Cuál es la portada de tu álbum favorito? “Primero, Blue Monday por New Order. Diseño clásico del gran Peter Saville. Todos los diseños que hizo para New Order son extremadamente hermosos. El segundo es un CD, ¡sí, un CD! La caja de CD abrió un gran nuevo horizonte para los diseñadores, y uno de los mejores para mí es Sheath...
Carlos Bauer – Curitiba, Brazil
¿Cuál es la portada de tu álbum favorito? “Algo que descubrí recientemente es Artaud (1973) del músico argentino Luis Alberto Spinetta. Lo que más me intriga de la cubierta es su peculiar forma octogonal irregular que rompe la expectativa cuadrada y se niega a caber en los estantes. Es una portada rebelde concebida por Spinetta y Juan Gatti en un...