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A vinyl record and its sleeve for Franklin Felix. The record is white with a radial burst of blue and black ink, while the sleeve features a matching abstract design and the name “Franklin Felix”.

Graphic Design: Husbandmen create some glorious album artwork

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Date
23 January 2014

I always imagine that designing album artwork for a cool band must be one of the best jobs as a graphic designer; you get to revel in the mild synaesthesia that everybody secretly harbours by trying to recreate an aural experience in visual form, and try to silently convince passers by to pick up a record in the process.

It would seem that studio Husbandmen, which is made up of Karolis Kosas, Frances Foster and James Walker, would agree. They went to town on these two album artwork projects for Franklin Felix and Popular Mechanics respectively, both of which are rock bands based in Saint Louis, Missouri. From filled triangles in various sizes to wobbly type and coloured, marbled (marbled!) vinyl, the collaborative effect is like honey to the bee. If you can resist picking up these visually brilliant objects, you’re obviously not easily pleased. Unlike us. We think they’re excellent.

The front and back covers of an album by Franklin Felix. The artwork features abstract, swirling blue and yellow shapes with the words “the sea is a song” written across both panels in a fluid, white script.
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Husbandmen: Franklin Felix Album Artwork

A white vinyl record spins rapidly on a Numark turntable, creating a blurred effect. The record player is white with black trim and a small built-in speaker.
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Husbandmen: Franklin Felix Album Artwork

A vinyl record and its sleeve for Franklin Felix. The record is white with a radial spray of black and blue ink, while the sleeve features a matching abstract composition and the name “Franklin Felix”.
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Husbandmen: Franklin Felix Album Artwork

A vinyl record and its sleeve. The white cover features a grid of triangular cut-outs revealing abstract images, interspersed with scattered black characters. Small text in the bottom right reads “Popular Mechanics” and “Anti Glacial”. The record is a marbled mix of red, yellow and blue.
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Husbandmen: Popular Mechanics Album Artwork

A multi-coloured vinyl record in red, yellow and blue peeks from behind a white sleeve. The sleeve features a minimalist design with small black shards and a tracklist for sides “A” and “B”.
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Husbandmen: Popular Mechanics Album Artwork

A vinyl record with a translucent lime green base and bold swirls of blue and red. The white centre label features a pattern of small black triangles and a stylized “B” logo.
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Husbandmen: Popular Mechanics Album Artwork

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Maisie Skidmore

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Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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