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Dirigible: Searchlight

Open, clean minimalist album cover. The music features a driving, blues-inspired classic rock, and softer, intricate, mystic psychedelia that draws the blues flavor underneath it. The design strategy employs the stark contrast of direct inversion—white and black, day and night, light and heavy to mirror the dichotomous oscillation of the musical experience.
The back cover pops the only color in the project, to visually underscore the album name as an abstract searchlight beam. The structure of the layout, consistent with the old school classic rock albums, alludes to the classic feel of the music, real musicians playing real instruments, without the slick layer of processing so prevalent in post 1980 recordings.
CD Jewel case application.
Classic rock in classic vinyl.
A promotional, in-store poster. A different format for different music.
Dirigible: Searchlight
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Dirigible: Searchlight

A minimalist album cover for a classic rock band's second release. Clean & stark design and illustration.

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