Best Recording Package + Best Boxed/Ltd Ed Package Grammy Noms

Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by missfrolab.
Categories: Art, Design, Music.

Grammy for an album cover?! Yes please. I’m one of those non-music making graphic designer/art directors that, for years, has realized that my only hope of ever being officially nominated for a Grammy is if I designed an album cover that actually got recognition as one of the years “Best”.  SO, naturally, every year I check the list of nominees to see which covers they chose to honor and usually roll my eyes a lil and think of SO many others that I personally gravitate towards more, but not the point. Here are this years packaging and box set nominations – Obviously a jpg image of only the cover is probably not the best representation of the tangible 3-dimensional packaging experience but this is the internet so here u go…

Lost In The Sound Of Separation (Deluxe Edition)
Jordan Butcher, art director (Underoath):

Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963–1972)
Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Neil Young):

So who do you think should win?

& WHY are the Grammy Awards the only show that includes the packaging art as a category? I think at least MTV should add it as a category… I might get too annoyed at the nominees if BET joined in  tho. LOL. #my2cents

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