You might be tempted to lump in Duane Dalton’s Album Anatomy series with the many “minimalist” renderings of pop-culture icons and artifacts that have flooded the Internet. But the Dublin-based designer is actually doing something a bit more interesting than many of his peers, pushing all the information about the record to the top and bottom of the image and using the center space to illustrate his own experience of it. Dalton writes that the project is “an exploration in the art of reduction. It breaks down album imagery into its purist [sic] form by discarding any unnecessary information. This is achieved using a strict grid that displays the relevant album details, which leaves a central void to convey a response to the album. This void is filled by my personal response to an album. It can be influenced by a key track, the cover art or the overall flavour of the album.” Click through to view some of our favorite Album Anatomy redesigns, and visit Dalton’s website to see many more.
Image credit: Duane Dalton. Spotted via BLDGWLF
Image credit: Duane Dalton
Image credit: Duane Dalton
Image credit: Duane Dalton
Image credit: Duane Dalton
Image credit: Duane Dalton
Image credit: Duane Dalton
Image credit: Duane Dalton
Image credit: Duane Dalton
Image credit: Duane Dalton