LOGO & CD COVER DESIGN
for the New York based electronic
for the New York based electronic
experimental rock band dinmachine.
They were created for the first album Dance to Reason.
I also designed a t-shirt for the CD launching.
DinMachine is a collaboration between Nisi Jacobs and Michael J. Schumacher. They have been making music together since 2009 and have performed at MoMA New York.
Ken Jacobs (a world renowned experimental film maker) has used both Schumacher’s and DinMachine’s music for his published films.
When asking Nisi and Michael about themselves, the band and the music they create together, they came up with some information that I found very interesting to work graphically on:
« We want to grab people with the music, get them moving. »
« DinMachine’s music has been generally described as non-classifiable. »
« Our music, we feel, has elements that are very engaging and involving, and others that need distance and detachment. »
« We like the idea of hot vs cold, engaging sexiness. »
For the logo, I decided to work with the concept of « non-classifiable » as well as the idea of contrast/opposite.
I made an experimental logo, mixing capital and lower case letters in order to create something that defies to be classified. The letters are all cut differently which adds movement and vibration to the logo wich echoes the music they produce.
For the CD cover I created a concept which plays with the idea of sexiness, opposite (cold vs hot, engage/detach) and movement.
From a distance you can see an abstract image, an involving composition of mixed colors and shapes. But looking closely, you discover the details, human silhouette, combined with something as cold and lifeless: dry black trees. The inside vs the outside of the cover also plays with this idea of contrast/opposite...
Ken Jacobs (a world renowned experimental film maker) has used both Schumacher’s and DinMachine’s music for his published films.
When asking Nisi and Michael about themselves, the band and the music they create together, they came up with some information that I found very interesting to work graphically on:
« We want to grab people with the music, get them moving. »
« DinMachine’s music has been generally described as non-classifiable. »
« Our music, we feel, has elements that are very engaging and involving, and others that need distance and detachment. »
« We like the idea of hot vs cold, engaging sexiness. »
For the logo, I decided to work with the concept of « non-classifiable » as well as the idea of contrast/opposite.
I made an experimental logo, mixing capital and lower case letters in order to create something that defies to be classified. The letters are all cut differently which adds movement and vibration to the logo wich echoes the music they produce.
For the CD cover I created a concept which plays with the idea of sexiness, opposite (cold vs hot, engage/detach) and movement.
From a distance you can see an abstract image, an involving composition of mixed colors and shapes. But looking closely, you discover the details, human silhouette, combined with something as cold and lifeless: dry black trees. The inside vs the outside of the cover also plays with this idea of contrast/opposite...
