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New David Bowie album Blackstar's sleeve design unveiled

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Emily Gosling
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19 November 2015
A monochrome illustration of a large, five-pointed star on a black background. The centre of the star is a dark circle resembling a vinyl record, with fine concentric lines radiating outwards. Five smaller, stylised stars are arranged in a row beneath it.

The record sleeve for David Bowie’s new album Blackstar has been unveiled ahead of the record’s lead single of the same name’s premier tonight. The sleeve takes a minimal approach, showing a star shape with a vinyl-like texture and star cut-outs in a line against a dark backdrop. Jonathan Barnbrook was the designer behind all collateral and sleeves for Bowie’s most recent record, 2013’s The Next Day, but it has not been confirmed who has designed the Blackstar imagery.

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Emily Gosling

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Emily joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in the summer of 2014 after four years at Design Week. She is particularly interested in graphic design, branding and music. After working It's Nice That as both Online Editor and Deputy Editor, Emily left the company in 2016.

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