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Morphine Collection

Interpreting the sound of Morphine

M2 // Morphine

Morphine: Collection

Inspiration

Morphine is a small three piece band based in bostonthat was known for its songwriting that fused elements of Jazz, Blues and Rock. This fusion made their sound incredibly unique. I was tasked to create an album cover that included liner notes within the packaging. Being a 90’s band it was a great opportunity to try my hand with more experimental imagery and use of typography. I played up the contrast on the layout of the lyrics to songs and cranked up the expressive colorful designs on the opposite page. The imagery consists of sandwiching and masking various types of long exposure lightning and texture effects over a single simple image. This provides a more layered look.

Goal

The goal of this project is to create a custom package, not just the album cover,  that celebrates the greatest hits collection to Morphine’s discography. The design must interrupt the bands diverse style and sound.

Tools

Deliverable

Custom Packaging

Tags

Quick Links

Tools

Quick Links

Deliverable

Custom Packaging

Tags

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Layout

Editorial Design

I have always been fascinated with true stories of government espionage, techniques in tradecraft and modern U.S. military surveillance capabilities. This particular subject has always seemed to endlessly captivate me. This project, The System, was created with the love of this subject in mind and was directly inspired by Laura Poitras’s 2014 documentary, Citizen Four, which was based on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. It covers a wide array publicly known surveillance programs exposed in the wake of the Snowden leaks.

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Identity

Crafting the Visual Feel

Color Scheme

Playfair Display SC

To bring out the smokey jazz element to Morphine’s music I choose Playfair Display SC (weights: 100, 400, 600, 800). An off-shoot of Bodoni, it is classic and refined.

Oswald

To represent the rock influences of Morphines music I choose Oswald. (weights: 100, 400, 600, 800). Oswald is a condensed typeface that reminiscent of 90’s aesthetics.