How about the Autechre Confield album?
White on white anyone?
What about the Brothomstates album?
Tracklisting on the inner CD case spine with no spaces?
I couldn't figure if the last line was a track title or a shoutout.
What about the Jake Mandell album with all those lines on the cover?
How long did it take to decipher the tracklisting for that one?
Hey, even the Blechsdottir II CD was hard to figure out!
All artists, tracks and info on the back with no spaces?
Hey, track 7 is playing - wonder what that is?
I dunno, I tend to get really annoyed when I purchase the latest TDR
rendering,
it's all just a bit *too* IDM for me. Sure it's "neat" but sometimes I'd
rather just
look at the back of a CD and see what's playing yunno?
I'm not going to blanket TDR and say I hate them or their artwork is crap -
that's
not the way I feel - I just think they really aren't usability experts and
quite possibly,
they are making it purposely difficult to use - as if *that* were part of
the design
experience itself.
Shimone/Justes
http://www.staticbeats.com | Electronic Music > Digital Culture
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall Roberts" <Randall.Roberts@riverfronttimes.com>
To: "alan r lucas" <alucas@telerama.com>
Cc: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 12:46 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [idm] new skam website
quoted 2 lines DR doesn't do all the Warp releases; they've just done a few. The one that
> DR doesn't do all the Warp releases; they've just done a few. The one that
> pisses me off the most is the three volume tenth anniversary series --
classics,
quoted 1 line influences and remixes (especially the remixes). Also: Funkstoring,
> influences and remixes (especially the remixes). Also: Funkstoring,
Additional
quoted 1 line Productions. Schematic's Ischemic Folks. All suffer from the same problem:
> Productions. Schematic's Ischemic Folks. All suffer from the same problem:
the
quoted 2 lines most useful information is totally buried and nearly illegible.
> most useful information is totally buried and nearly illegible.
> They've done some brilliant design, as well (Towa Tei), and if I
didn't have
quoted 2 lines a radio show where I needed to find the information fairly quickly and
> a radio show where I needed to find the information fairly quickly and
> accurately, this probably wouldn't peeve me as much as it does (and it is
a
quoted 30 lines simple peeve, nothing more); but as a fan of design and the beauty of well
> simple peeve, nothing more); but as a fan of design and the beauty of well
> executed graphics, it's hard for me to stomach.
>
> RR
> np: In the Beginning There Was Rhythm
>
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> Subject: Re: [idm] new skam website
> Author: alan r lucas <alucas@telerama.com>
> Date: 4/9/02 11:42 AM
>
> can you give a few ferinstances of completely illegible tDR sleeves? i
> really can't think of any.
>
> i mean, these are the guys who do the purple warp sleeves that simply
> list the artist and track titles. it doesn't get much more basic than
> that. i dunno. i've always thought that tDR's stuff was great in that the
> design element was very cool, but you still knew what you were listening
> to. i just can't recall missing a tracklisting anywhere.
>
> perfectly willing to be corrected and/or put in my place,
> alan!
>
> np:senor coconut:el coco baile
>
>
>
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