For the latest edition of their magazine, DJBroadcast did a special to honour the original 12" album covers. Besides myself a total of 16 dutch artists where asked (including Shoe, Zender, 310k and others) to 'Re-Cover' their favourite album of all time. All covers are published in the 37th edition of DJBroadcast magazine and displayed at the Re-Cover expo at Sid Lee Collective in Amsterdam, Holland, from the 29th of june till the 5th of july 2009.
Honda commissioned CK to create a live demonstration of our vision for the ‘Showroom of the Future’, enabling consumer research groups and members of their dealership committee to share their thoughts and give feedback about the concept.
Bespoke literature was created; encapsulated within a clear spherical container, two booklets were placed; one to be read prior to the viewing of our concept, the other to be read as they leave the showroom.
Within the first booklet, abstract imagery and illustration combines with minimal copy to create a thought-provoking piece. A series of ‘what if…?’ questions are posed, encouraging the reader to question their own idea of the ideal showroom experience, and providing a hint of the concept they are about to experience first hand. The second booklet was designed to provide a strong reminder of the concept, including a series of illustrations which capture the key elements of the presentation they were shown.
An integrated branding campaign based around the illustrative reinterpretation of classic book covers directed toward junior-high-school students.Designed by Mikey Burton while studying at Kent State University.
CR is working with Cyberpac on a range of experimental packaging solutions. Subscribers received our September issue in an envelope that could be re-used as a binder for our Monograph series (see here), while in October we gave subscribers one of six static prints of images from the Photography Annual (see here).
Why do a bag at all? We needed to bag this month's issue on the newsstand because it contains a free CMYK colour guide from Heidelberg. Rather than using a traditional polybag, we tried this. If subscribers would like one of the colour guides, please contact aminah.marshall@centaur.co.uk and we will send you one.
Subscriber issues come in regular, non-dissolvable, packaging this month - next month, though, we have something special for you.
UPDATE
More details from Cyberpac on how it works, also in the comments below: "The hot water is just to show you the biodegradability at speed. You don't need to boil it, just chuck it on the compost heap! We use this to package fish food as it dissolves in the water releasing the bait.
"Harmless-Dissolve is made from a hydro-degradable substrate which is 5 times stronger than normal polythene. It is a readily biodegradable, water soluble polymer which completely biodegrades in a composting environment, in a dishwasher or in a washing machine. It has no harmful residues and will biodegrade into naturally occuring substances - the bugs love it.
"It's non-toxic and is degraded by micro-organisms, moulds and yeasts. These organisms can occur in both artificial environments, such as anaerobic digesters, activated sewage sludge and composts and natural environments such as aquatic systems and soil. The micro-organisms use Harmless-Dissolve as a food source by producing a variety of enzymes that are capable of reacting with it. In the end the bag becomes carbon dioxide, water and biomass."
Film Victoria required a visual concept for their annual report that represented both traditional and emerging technologies and directly linked to the core of the business - film (interpreted through movement and motion).Designed by COÖP.
Capturing movement we developed a hero graphic that directly references motion pictures with spools of 24 frames layered in rapid succession. Films sense of wonder was also relayed through the vibrant and continually evolving graphic.
Emerging digital technologies were conveyed through the use of a custom designed digital-inspired font.
Giving a nod to the transparent structure of the organization a clear cover and open spine were used.
