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…direct Radio Khartoum, a small record label with decidedly continental tendencies, specializing in left-field pop and imaginary soundtracks. I am responsible for all visual design on everything RK does. …also do album designs for Shelflife Records and Grimsey Records, as well as other independent artists. …generally sign my work for music packaging as Bügelfrei. In addition to music design, I also do food packaging, wayfinding signage, and websites for an assortment of good things and good people. I've even designed a manhole cover. Email me: ab Alexander Bailey |
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alexanderbailey
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Beth Custer and The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble |
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digipak & booklet details, Bernal Heights Suite |
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logo Utility Systems Science & Software 2005 |
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 The Consultants |
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 The Cat Box Quartet |
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 Kawaii |
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 Testbild! |
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 Gypsophile vs. Shop |
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 Replicant |
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 Cessna |
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Websites… My own: Radio Khartoum Weapon of Mass Distraction |
Some I've made for other people: Andrew Bird (2005 + 2007 site archives) Angelique Clark Chicago Short Film Brigade Macy's Passport (annual charity auctions on eBay) Moontrails.org (Philippe Ames Illustration) Optilicious.com |
Sites I maintain for others: Land Views Beth Custer Anne-Katrin Spiess Ekonomisk Managment Grimsey Records |
 
Testbild! / Anthony RochesterThe Return of Everson K 45rpm labels for Radio Khartoum, 2005 |
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While the bulk of the album artwork was done in a style of high contrast, monochromatic images overlaid by straight hairlines, this singular image uses a different technique: an oversized traditional halftone pattern which provides realistic shading and contours to the diver's legs, overprinted by a very artificial body of water rendered using a different pattern. Where the water and the legs overlap, we get a moiré, an optical distortion which reenforces the disappearance of the song's protagonist into indifference. This particular image represents a bridge to style I used for the band's subsequent single, in which I take figurative use of traditionally abstract design elements (moiré and op art effects) to technicolor levels. Because of this bridge, we chose to use this design—extracted from deep within the album's booklet—for a promotional postcard promoting both the album and single's release, as well as for this poster for the album alone.
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Second Hand Records |
 The Hepburns |
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