Music Packaging
Most of the music packaging work presented here was completed while I operated Industrial Strength Design. When I first opened the studio at the age of 24, I envisioned working on annual reports, but being young and located in the East Village of New York, a more accessible market was the music industry. Projects ranged from music packaging design for self-published release to the major labels—I even got to work on a few projects for some Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Famers.
Chumbawamba, Tubthumper
Everyone asks about this cover. The label was sure this CD would sell big, so I wanted to do something that was simple and loud, something that could be seen the second you walked into a music store; thus the field of bright green and the use of the big grinning baby in the corner (yes it is a manipulated image). Over 7 million copies of the CD were sold in the U.S. and Canada alone.
Chumbawamba, Tubthumping DPRO (promotional CD single)
Bloodhound Gang, Fire Water Burn, CD Single
Tom Clark and the High Action Boys, Cross-Eyed and Bow-Legged
God is My Co-Pilot, History of Music Vol. 1, box set
This Muler 7-inch single for Deep Elm Records won an award in the American Center Design 100
Fifty Feet Tall, 7-inch single
Nada Surf, 7-inch single
Ruth Ruth, 7-inch single