Portfolio : Print Design
Tristam Lass - Difference Engine CD
This spare, intimate acoustic recording by Tristam Lass suggested a design scheme which laid bare the style and personality of the artist. Tris supplied the ambiguous, video-capture-looking cover photo, which further emphasized the stark directness of the recorded sound. I gave the photo a golden sheen and a slight blur to add a touch of mystery. For the back cover and interior panel, I took Tris' hand-written track and album notes and photographed them in stark, yellow light on a wooden table to reinforce the personal, workshop quality of the project. For the CD label and CD tray, I found an old diagram of an actual difference engine, with the result being that opening the jewel case is like opening a mechanism to reveal the gears inside. Removing the disc itself becomes like lifting a gear out of the machine.