Parallel Rerun
Mash Up
Parallel Rerun is a mix of two classic albums from the 1970s: Al Jarreau's Look to the Rainbow, and Shawn Phillips' Faces. I designed a vinyl cover with a title and artist name based on the deconstruction of the two albums. I dissected the albums through their images, language, and color palettes.
As I experimented with typefaces that resembled the ones used in the albums, I found that Didot had very similar features as the ones that were being referenced. The typefaces have a high contrast between thick and thin strokes as well as transitional stress, indicating a modern era for type. Alongside the graphics that were used, I extracted colorful color palettes as well.
Rainbow Eyes is about the colors that were used in the original albums. Parallel Rerun was constructed of a rearrangement of letters from the artists and album names. The final product uses four colors found in the palettes, the typeface Didot, and overlapping letters. Rather than focusing on physical human faces, as both albums do, I focused on a typeface.
The album remains within the '70s era, using bold colors on a black background to illude the visual identity of the era. The letters, P and R for Parallel Rerun, share similar text anatomy, so while the R is always present, colorways differentiate the P from the letter.
