The Love
Archive
Collection
Client
Personal Project
Deliverables
Vinyl, CD & Cassette
Role
Design
Date
August 2026
A handcrafted mixed-media collection designed across vinyl, cassette, and CD packaging. Every artwork was created through physical collage using magazine cutouts, image transfers, paint, and layered materials before being scanned to preserve the textures and imperfections of the original compositions. The result is a tactile visual identity that celebrates analog processes through contemporary music packaging.
Love, on Wax
A tactile vinyl design built from layered collage, found imagery, handwritten elements, and printed textures. The composition brings together fragmented pieces into a raw, imperfect visual language, giving the record a handmade and nostalgic character.
Love, on Tape
A cassette design built through layered collage, found imagery, handwritten marks, and distressed textures. The composition embraces the imperfections of analog media, combining fragmented elements into a tactile and nostalgic object that feels personal and handmade.
Love, Burned
A CD design built from layered collage, distressed imagery, handwritten details, and tactile textures. The composition combines imperfect fragments into a raw, intimate visual language, reflecting the physical and personal character of the collection.
From Hand to Wax
The vinyl artwork began as a handmade collage, built from cutouts, printed materials, handwritten elements, paint, and found textures. Rather than creating the composition digitally, I assembled each element physically, allowing imperfections, overlaps, and textures to become part of the visual language. The finished collage was then scanned and translated into the final vinyl artwork, preserving the tactile quality of the original piece while turning it into a physical music object.
A Collage in Layers
For the CD, I explored a more fragmented and editorial composition, combining pieces of printed material, handwritten marks, imagery, and textured surfaces. The elements were arranged by hand, creating contrasts between empty space and dense areas of texture. Once the collage was complete, I scanned it to preserve it.
Rewound & Reworked
The cassette explores the most tactile side of the collection, using layered prints, painted textures, and found imagery to create a worn, imperfect composition. The artwork was assembled by hand before being scanned, allowing the physical marks and irregularities of the original collage to remain visible. The result combines the nostalgic character of the cassette format with a raw, contemporary visual language.
