Led Zeppelin III: El Lissitzky inspired 12" record sleeve.
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The idea for this was to construct a collaboration between an inspirational designer and a pre-existing album cover. The designer chosen was El Lissitzky, a twentieth century Russian designer who helped develop suprematism and also pave the way for both the Bauhaus and Constructivist movements. He was most widely known for his propaganda works for the former Soviet Union. Over in the other corner, the design chosen was Led Zeppelin’s III album cover, originally created by artist Zacron.
concept.
The conceptual design integrates the Russian constructivist style of El Lissitzky into the album design by forming the bases of the design with the geometric shapes typically used in constructivist style. The reverse side of the album cover incorporates this Zeppelin created with rectilinear shapes. The text is derived from the Russian alphabet, which is originated from the Cyrillic script. Each letter is taken from the alphabet to mimic a letter in the English alphabet. The palate chosen is a combination of shades of red, black and white; the basic palate used in Russian propaganda works. After the design was completed it was printed with a large format printer on semi-gloss paper, cut down to size and wheat pasted around a blank record sleeve.
The idea for this was to construct a collaboration between an inspirational designer and a pre-existing album cover. The designer chosen was El Lissitzky, a twentieth century Russian designer who helped develop suprematism and also pave the way for both the Bauhaus and Constructivist movements. He was most widely known for his propaganda works for the former Soviet Union. Over in the other corner, the design chosen was Led Zeppelin’s III album cover, originally created by artist Zacron.
concept.
The conceptual design integrates the Russian constructivist style of El Lissitzky into the album design by forming the bases of the design with the geometric shapes typically used in constructivist style. The reverse side of the album cover incorporates this Zeppelin created with rectilinear shapes. The text is derived from the Russian alphabet, which is originated from the Cyrillic script. Each letter is taken from the alphabet to mimic a letter in the English alphabet. The palate chosen is a combination of shades of red, black and white; the basic palate used in Russian propaganda works. After the design was completed it was printed with a large format printer on semi-gloss paper, cut down to size and wheat pasted around a blank record sleeve.
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