A vinyl cover design for indie-electronic band The XX, created for COMD-224 Typographic Grids & Systems. The project challenged me to let typography carry the visual weight of the design over imagery, with the final cover also functioning as a lyric book cover.
2024
Designer, responsible for concept development, typeface selection, grid structuring, and iterative refinement across multiple cover directions.
Typographic Design, Grid Systems, Album Packaging
The design went through multiple concept iterations before arriving at a final direction rooted in typographic restraint. Primary typefaces included Capitolium 2 across multiple weights and Abril Fatface for headline display text. Earlier explorations drew from a wider range of typefaces including: Aviano Future, New Nord Extended, and Parisine Plus Std Sombre; before refining the system toward a cleaner, more cohesive typographic voice that felt true to the band's understated aesthetic.
A vinyl cover design for indie-electronic band The XX, created for COMD-224 Typographic Grids & Systems. The project challenged me to let typography carry the visual weight of the design over imagery, with the final cover also functioning as a lyric book cover.
2024
Designer, responsible for concept development, typeface selection, grid structuring, and iterative refinement across multiple cover directions.
Typographic Design, Grid Systems, Album Packaging
The design went through multiple concept iterations before arriving at a final direction rooted in typographic restraint. Primary typefaces included Capitolium 2 across multiple weights and Abril Fatface for headline display text. Earlier explorations drew from a wider range of typefaces including: Aviano Future, New Nord Extended, and Parisine Plus Std Sombre; before refining the system toward a cleaner, more cohesive typographic voice that felt true to the band's understated aesthetic.
A vinyl cover design for indie-electronic band The XX, created for COMD-224 Typographic Grids & Systems. The project challenged me to let typography carry the visual weight of the design over imagery, with the final cover also functioning as a lyric book cover.
2024
Designer, responsible for concept development, typeface selection, grid structuring, and iterative refinement across multiple cover directions.
Typographic Design, Grid Systems, Album Packaging
The design went through multiple concept iterations before arriving at a final direction rooted in typographic restraint. Primary typefaces included Capitolium 2 across multiple weights and Abril Fatface for headline display text. Earlier explorations drew from a wider range of typefaces including: Aviano Future, New Nord Extended, and Parisine Plus Std Sombre; before refining the system toward a cleaner, more cohesive typographic voice that felt true to the band's understated aesthetic.