PIXIES WORK IN 3D TYPE BOOK BY FL@33

Three of my images (the purple "Pixies" ones on the right hand page) for the Pixies Minotaur box set have been featured in The 3D Type Book by FL@33, published by Lawrence King. The lovely nailed "Pixies" was done by my equally lovely friend, Rosie Upright.

LABEL ARTWORK FOR DAVID LYNCH

Finally the vinyl is out!

I produced the label image for the CD and vinyl for

David Lynch's new single; Good Day Today and I Know.

Art direction: Vaughan Oliver
(Cover image and scratched type: Marc Atkins)
Read more about the single in Creative Review.

Grammy

"Pixies' 'Minotaur' box set earns Grammy nomination for best packaging design"

The most coolest ever music packaging I had the privilege of working on with Vaughan Oliver is nominated for a Grammy.

Pixies - Inside the Minotaur

Here are some of the spreads from the Minotaur box set which feature my graphics alongside photography by Simon Larbalestier. Photos of the book (from inside the box set) also taken by Simon. Scroll down for more Minotaur related posts or come to UCA Epsom (see post below) tomorrow where Minotaur will be shown and the people involved will talk.

The Mountain Goats

Here is some of the artwork for The Mountain Goats' latest album, The Life of the World to Come.Credits: art direction and design: Vaughan Oliver at v23, photography and photo-montage: Marc Atkins, design assistance: Brian Whitehead and paper typography: me.

Pixies - Minotaur Unboxing on Rolling Stone

The beautiful box set I had the privilege of working on with Vaughan Oliver is finished. Visit Rolling Stone to see the video of the unveiling. To see previous related posts click here, here and here.....and to order yours visit Artist in Residence.

"I don't remember any item coming into the Pitchfork HQ and turning this many heads-- people's jaws dropped into their coffee all morning. If we were reviewing this and we were telling the average person what we think of the thing, you could argue that the score should be a 0.0. To say that Minotaur, a mega-deluxe repacking of the Pixies catalogue sold in two different configurations, is for fans only is some sort of Hall of Fame-level understatement. It sets a new record for box set grandiosity." - Scott Plagenhoef.

The Mountain Goats

Hello!

Since New Blood I've been very busy freelancing at Foxtrot Hotel, working with Vaughan Oliver and Brian Whitehead on CD artwork for The Mountain Goats, beginning some freelance illustrative work with new mug company, Graywood Green and doing a placement at BCMH.

I've taken a trip to Stoke to see about finding some fine bone china to print my Bone China designs on to.

I can't wait to get some new work up on here...I went to Greece for a week and took some lovely photos (well I hope) of derelict hotels, picturesque beaches and strange signs, but since leaving university I don't have access to a medium format negative scanner so who knows when they'll be up...for now feast your eyes on the new Mountain Goats CD cover, art directed by Vaughan Oliver, artwork by Brian Whitehead and paper type graphics title thing by me (and then re-arranged by Brian!)

Pixies - Minotaur Exhibition 15/06/09

Wow last night was AMAZING. The exhibition looked beautiful. I had the honor of meeting Kim Deal, Frank Black, Joey Santiago and Terry Dowling (the wonderful man who taught Vaughan Oliver). Our work lined the walls as the Pixies played a 45 minute set to about 300 of us. It doesn't get much better than that! See footage from the exhibition here.

The Pixies : Minotaur

This is that secret Pixies work I was telling you about a while ago....pre order yours from June 15th!

Slightly off the Ground

Poster for Vaughan Oliver's exhibition of posters entitled 'Slightly off the Ground'. Art direction and design: Vaughan Oliver at v23, front poster image: Me! artwork and design assistance: Brian Whitehead.