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The 2009 Best Art Vinyl winners display a diverse mix of art and design. In first place, La Boca’s intense graphic work on Muse’s The Resistance album, contrasts second place winner, the striking Jenny Saville painting used to great effect on the Manic Street Preachers’s Journal for Plague Lovers sleeve, which is on opposite sides of the spectrum to the intricately detailed illustration work of Martin Ander on Fever Ray’s self-titled album in third place.
“2009 has been a particularly fantastic year for the award as we have seen lots of new talent mixing with some of the well-known names of the sleeve design and the art world, such as the Tom Hingston Studio, Farrow Design, Designers Republic, Rankin, Damian Hirst and Jenny Saville,” commented Andrew Heeps, Art Vinyl’s director.
Predicting continued growth, Heeps went on to say: “We’re looking at a year when vinyl sales have increased again by over 30% and with CD sales losing their importance, the canvas a vinyl record sleeve provides is really adding value for the owner as they are also purchasing a piece of collectable art. Also, both the major and indie labels are investing money in really stand-out sleeve art.”
The fifth year of the Best Art Vinyl Award, Muse join a list of prestigious previous winners that include the Fleet Foxes’s self-titled album; The Cribs’s Man’s Needs, Woman’s Needs, Whatever; Hard-Fi’s Stars of CCTV; and Thom Yorke’s The Eraser.
The 2009 Best Art Vinyl winners display a diverse mix of art and design. In first place, La Boca’s intense graphic work on Muse’s The Resistance album, contrasts second place winner, the striking Jenny Saville painting used to great effect on the Manic Street Preachers’s Journal for Plague Lovers sleeve, which is on opposite sides of the spectrum to the intricately detailed illustration work of Martin Ander on Fever Ray’s self-titled album in third place.
“2009 has been a particularly fantastic year for the award as we have seen lots of new talent mixing with some of the well-known names of the sleeve design and the art world, such as the Tom Hingston Studio, Farrow Design, Designers Republic, Rankin, Damian Hirst and Jenny Saville,” commented Andrew Heeps, Art Vinyl’s director.
Predicting continued growth, Heeps went on to say: “We’re looking at a year when vinyl sales have increased again by over 30% and with CD sales losing their importance, the canvas a vinyl record sleeve provides is really adding value for the owner as they are also purchasing a piece of collectable art. Also, both the major and indie labels are investing money in really stand-out sleeve art.”
The fifth year of the Best Art Vinyl Award, Muse join a list of prestigious previous winners that include the Fleet Foxes’s self-titled album; The Cribs’s Man’s Needs, Woman’s Needs, Whatever; Hard-Fi’s Stars of CCTV; and Thom Yorke’s The Eraser.
