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Exploring the Visual History of Nigerian Album Art
An interview with Opemipo Aikomo, the creative director behind Album Cover Bank
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June 2024

Tracing the Art School Lineage of Post-Punk Heroes Wire
Exploring the creative packaging of the 70s English post-punk group
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May 2024

A Brutally Honest Album Cover
How the art of Rage Against The Machine and Käthe Kollwitz speak to us in times of war.
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April 2024

Another Album Cover Trend, Catch My Drift?
In and above water album covers from Nirvana, to SZA, Billie Eilish and more.
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Interview: Ben Tousley on Designing for Fleet Foxes and Rostam
The artist takes us through his creative process and current inspirations
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March 2024

The Back of Your Head... Is Ridiculous
From Roger Daltrey to Justin Timberlake, we break down the album cover trend
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Physicality in Design: Anecdotes from Will Work For Good, a Creative Studio
Co-founder Kevin O'Neill walks us through the design studio's collaboration with record label RVNG Intl.
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February 2024

The Legend of Mingering Mike
How an imaginary discography garnered a cult following
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January 2024

Where Logos Meet Album Covers: Designer Ivan Chermayeff
Exploring the relationship between NBC, PBS and Gramavision album covers.
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The Many Ways in Which Musicians Reinvent Themselves
Ringing in the new year with album art transformations
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December 2023

The Woman & The Dove
Investigating the powerful relationship between the feminine and the bird on album covers and beyond.
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October 2023

Album Covers From the Year 2000
Celebrating 2000 subscribers the most album-art-loving appropriate way possible
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