Looking for inspiration for your music packaging? Here are some of the most adorable box sets that received Grammy Awards in the past decade. Which one do you like best?
The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Package Designers: Dave Bett & Michelle Holme
Year: 2012
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Under Great White Northern Lights
Artist: The White Stripes
Package Designers: Rob Jones & Jack White III
Year: 2011
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Artist: Neil Young
Package Designer: Gary Burden
Year: 2010
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Artist: Radiohead
Package Designers: Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell and Xiaan Munro
Year: 2009
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What it is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967–1977)
Artist: Various
Package Designer: Masaki Koike
Year: 2008
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Stadium Arcadium
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Packaging Designers: Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith & Matt Taylor
Year: 2007
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The Legend
Artist: Johnny Cash
Packaging Designer: Ian Cutler
Year: 2006
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Once in a Lifetime- Talking Heads
Artist: Talking Heads
Packaging Designers: Stefan Sagmeister
Year: 2005
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The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
Artist: Miles Davis
Packaging Designers: Julian Alexander, Howard Fritzson & Seth Rothstein
Year: 2004
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Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton
Artist: Charlie Patton
Packaging Designers: Susan Archie
Year: 2003
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Brain in a Box – The Science Fiction Collection
Artist: Various Artists
Packaging Designers: Hugh Brown & Steve Vance
Year: 2002
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Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961
Artist: Miles Davis & John Coltrane
Packaging Designers: Arnold Levine & Frank Harkins
Year: 2001
Which of these music packaging do you like best?
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James Hill is a veteran of the music industry. He first worked at Warner Reprise Records then later joined Interscope/ Geffen Records where he managed producers and songwriters and got his first platinum record for Keyshia Cole’s The Way It Is. He is now helping indie artists with branding and manufacturing through his company Unified Manufacturing, a CD/DVD/vinyl and merch company in LA.
