HARDISTY, J. NAMDEV

In the mid-1990s a fresh, Do-It-Yourself approach to producing album art began to percolate through the post-punk, emo and hardcore music scenes in the US and Europe. The visual material that comprises DIY Album Art: Paper Bags & Office Supplies showcases a unique aesthetic and usage of materials borne out of financal necessity and creative imperatives. While a great number of the bands have not endured, their hand-made, screen-printed, glued, photocopied, drawn on, sewn together packaging paved the way for the potential of innovative, non-traditional music packaging. The obsourity of this material and its general coherence as an aesthetic ideology make for a rare revelatory book of work you have never seen before, although today much of it seems familiar. The reason for this is simple: the lasting power of these examples is found in major record label packaging being created today. But as DIY Album Art demonstrates, the essence of these packaging trends can nevar truly be replicated. The astounding range of no-budget packaging, along with stories behind the conception of the examples, will appeal to fans of music, cutting-edge design and anyone interested in anti-corporate sentiment.

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