25 Classic Album Covers as Modernist Pictograms
On Friday we pointed you to some graphic artists’ revisions of classic movie posters into truly outstanding art, and over the weekend we discovered a design firm had done something similar to some of our favorite album covers. Needless to say, Illumination Ink’s Modernist Editions will make you want to buy those seminal albums all over again just to have the cool, colorful cover art (which, sadly, isn’t actually for sale). Browsing through their 25 Classic Album Covers as Modernist Pictograms, we especially like what they did with the cover of Blondie’s Parallel Lines:

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[...] several past lists have proven, making a decent album cover is about as challenging as making a good album. [...]
[...] when some graphic designer takes it upon themselves to spruce up the look of an oldie but goodie music album, videogame or film. Today’s re-looking project comes courtesy of designer Huw Gwilliam (aka [...]