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BROWSE


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Client

Recordings of Thin Consolation


Quantity Produced

600


Production Cost

€400 (US$553), cardboard
€450(US$622), cardboard processing
€150 (US$207), silkscreen
€1,000 (US$1,382), Total


Production Time

Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)

19 cm. × 13 cm. × 6 mm. (7.5 in. × 5.1 in. × 0.25 in.)


Page Count


Paper Stock

Cardboard


Number of Colors

4 spot colors: black, silver, white, grey, red

Varnishes

Transparent base layer over the silver


Binding


Typography

Cholla Sans by Emigre

 

Recordings of Thin Consolation (RoTC)is a Brussels based record label that releases albums from a variety of artists in genres ranging from hip-ho,p to electronic, to jazz and does so in any manner needed, from 12-inch vinyl, to CDs, to MP3s. For the latest electronic jazz release, “Unavoidable Casualty,” by Back & Forth — which the web site describes as “The perfect soundtrack to drink hard liquor alone in a dingy bar” — RoTC, who happen to have a silkscreen studio named the Dr. Merlin Print Shop, opted for a triple-layered cardboard DVD-sized package. They say they like cardboard because it’s cheap and more malleable than plastic. But everyone knows that cardboard is simply awesome, no matter what. The layered cardboards then have a hole for the CD, lined with red or gray felt, which in turn has a hole drilled through it — they described it to us as an “aesthetic hole” and, as far as I know, graphic design could use more aesthetic holes. The feathery illustration, by Camille, is meant to convey the detailed nature of Back & Forth’s music and is silkscreened on the case and the CD itself. This is a look that could be described as Elaborate Cheap.

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“Unavoidable Casualty” CD

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Production Method

Silkscreen

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Design

In-house
Illustration: Camille

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Printing

In-house

This post was published in the original layout of FPO so all images are smaller. Project descriptions as well as production lessons are quoted in the main content area.

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Armin

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Armin Vit

Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.

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Date Published

July 2, 2009

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Silkscreen

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