
Design and art direction for Norwegian Grammy Award winning artist EMIR. This was a
collaboration between Sony Music Norway and myself as an independent designer. We
created a
visual identity, artworks, posters and merch with singles leading up to the launch of
EMIR's
album, "Det Lille Ingenting.” Each of the four artworks were tied to an accent color
that
informed posters and merch.
We leaned into contemporary blackletter typography and used Sharp Type's Respira Black
in a
combination with minimalistic Helvetica Neue to strike a comfortable balance. We found
it
interesting to use an all-lowercase approach since you'd normally see blackletter
sentence
cased or capitalized. This way we added a slightly more human feel to a typeface
category
that typically has a more aggressive tone.
Design and art direction for Norwegian Grammy Award winning artist EMIR. This was a
collaboration between Sony Music Norway and myself as an independent designer. We
created a
visual identity, artworks, posters and merch with singles leading up to the launch of
EMIR's
album, "Det Lille Ingenting.” Each of the four artworks were tied to an accent color
that
informed posters and merch.
We leaned into contemporary blackletter typography and used Sharp Type's Respira Black
in a
combination with minimalistic Helvetica Neue to strike a comfortable balance. We found
it
interesting to use an all-lowercase approach since you'd normally see blackletter
sentence
cased or capitalized. This way we added a slightly more human feel to a typeface
category
that typically has a more aggressive tone.
Produced in 2019, independently in collaboration with Sony Music Norway.
Press and Credits →
Client: Sony Music Norway
Creative Direction: Christin Malén Andreassen
Design and Art Direction: Erik Herrström
Photography: Morgan Norman, Also Known As, Ridwaan Gossarad, Armand Nasiri
Type foundry: Sharp Type Co