No Way Back: Learning from, not longing for, the past
Launching with a fascinating book, the No Way Back project is a multi-platform initiative that brings together long-lost music and subculture journalism and photography
A journey into the creative world of David Bowie
The new David Bowie Centre at V&A East Storehouse in London contains over 90,000 objects from the late musician’s archive, and opens with displays from guest curators Nile Rodgers and The Last Dinner Party
Shira Inbar on designing David Byrne’s kaleidoscopic new album
The New York-based graphic designer reveals how the look of Who Is the Sky? was shaped by eccentric suits and image cloning
The surreal and cinematic world of rubberband
The director duo have carved a distinct visual language, collaborating with some of the biggest brands and fashion houses in the world
SuperSonic Kiupai in Bogotá based its branding on Kewpie mayo
The café and listening bar in the Colombian capital takes inspiration from Japanese design for its cute, baby-faced branding
The changing nature of music, fandom and how bands and labels make money
We talk to Warner Music’s brand partnerships and fan-experience division, WMX, about the opportunities for musicians today and how Oasis Live 25 is a marker of what can be achieved
Non-Format designs re-release of albums by Susumu Yokota
The US/Norway-based studio has worked on two beautiful box sets for the re-release of 14 seminal albums by the legendary Japanese musician
Disiniblud album sleeve features a seven-foot tall puppet head
For Disiniblud’s debut album, musicians Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith art directed a poignant, suburban scene featuring a huge, hand-built dragon’s head
Shadrinsky and VTSS team up for music video on digital clones
The visual is part of Deutsche Telekom’s #OwnYourWorld campaign, which aims to raise awareness on how digital data can be exploited and misused
The quiet resilience of Little Simz’s album art
We speak to Simz’s long-time collaborator Jeremy Ngatho Cole at creative studio Yout about making the visuals for her new record, and his experiences of working with such an ambitious artist who sits outside the major label system
Building a Black Hole Superette for Aesop Rock
Justin Coro Kaufman’s cover for rapper Aesop Rock’s new album brings all the graffiti and signage of a shopfront and street scene alive
Martin Andersen and Chris Bigg’s alchemical designs go on show
The creative collaborators are the focus of a new London exhibition, which features reworks of their extensive joint back catalogue