original illustration for the chemical brothers ‘surrender’ CD album cover by kate gibb

the arts gallery, the university of arts london
september 3 - october 3, 2008

curated by GQ editor dylan jones, musician faris rotter and graphic designer peter saville, ‘spin: the art
of record design’ looks at record design from the past four decades. the show examines the relationship
between the art and design or record packaging with the music itself. an eclectic array of work is
included in the show, representing many different musical styles and time periods. the one commonality
between all the works is that they were all designed or feature artwork by alumni of university of the arts
london. while the covers themselves will be on show, inspiration and original artwork will also be displayed
to shed light on the process of creating a record cover. album covers for cream, robert plant, uriah heep,
madness, adam & the ants, the clash, james, chemical brothers, hard-fi, lemon jelly, the gossip, beth orton
and adele will among those on show.

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album cover designs at ‘spin: the art of record design’


album cover designs at ‘spin: the art of record design’


bloc party ‘a weekend in the city’ album cover by rut blees luxemburg


madness ‘one step beyond’ vinyl album with original photograph by jules balme


con brio ‘we’re all on fire’ cover with original painting by lee maelzer