Yes design

After learning about the new penguin books I wanted to research more into the designers who had produced the covers.

Yes design (http://www.yesstudio.co.uk) have a number of interesting and unique pieces of work to their name. I would definitely recommend a look at the website.

The three pieces of work below have been included as I feel they all have good and clever qualities to them. For example, I think the way in which 'next day delivery' has been linked to the album title (catalogue) and I am drawn to the boxes they have created from this cover image.
I included the piece below as I found the font and colour choice interesting and I believe it works with the nature of the band and music.

I then included this piece below simply because I liked it! I think the colour shading works well to catch your attention. I like how the image is not the first thing you see, but infact the colour.
check out the webiste!

Keane

http://www.wearetourist.com/
Above is the link for the design company that have created Keane's latest album. (below) It is apparently based on the Bauhaus movement.

However, this is not what is annoying people most. You see before the designers got their hands on the project Osang Gwon had created figurative sculptures of each band member. He does this by covering the sculptures in hundreds and hundreds of photographs of his subject. Below you can see one example of the orginial artwork, before 'tourist' became involved.This is why people are annoyed - an amazing piece of artwork has been "reduced to little triange snapshots".

Personally, I like the Keane album cover, however once I understand the context of the artwork I do agree with most people, the artwork is not getting the