Publication: Collector's Edition brings together the best of limited edition packaging design

Date
9 June 2014

It’s no secret that in spite of the increasing digitisation of contemporary culture, we still dearly love to hold actual objects in our hands – and the more elaborate the better. It’s a fact that record labels, magazines, publishers and most other spheres of the packaging industries have been exploiting for some time, fashioning beautifully ornate objects for which fans are only too happy to part with vast sums; whether it’s a die-cut, debossed, double gatefold or otherwise.

In honour of this increasingly craft-based approach to musical and literary objects Stuart Tolley has put together a book that details some of the finest examples of the genre in extraordinary detail, bringing together over 170 examples of the biggest and best uses of limited edition packaging the industry has seen. There’s also interviews with some of the artists, musicians and designers responsible for making these projects a reality – like Wayne Coyne, Stanley Donwood, Irma Boom and Alec Soth.

The only gripe we have with Collector’s Edition is that it doesn’t come out until August. But we’ve got our pre-orders in already.

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Stuart Tolley: Collector’s Edition

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Stuart Tolley: Collector’s Edition

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James Cartwright

James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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