The Designers republic was founded in Sheffield by Ian Anderson. They are well known for designing CD covers for the likes of Aphex Twin, Pulp and Supergrass. The Designers Republic seem to have a close relationship with the music industry as they also have designed flyers for the club Gatecrasher and Warp Records. They were originally created to design flyers for the band Person to Person and have grown from there.
The Supergrass CD cover for "Life On Other Planets" is a little playful as there are lots of sections to the design. It uses symmetrical imges of the band members faces showing different emmotions. These are all in black and white and appear to all come from one source. There is one face at the top of the image that is not symmetrical. It is a stern looking image and seems to be looking down upon the rest of the images.
The only colour on the CD cover is a rainbow which sits above the stern face. The Designers Republic are interested in the effect their design has upon the audience. Perhaps by including a rainbow on the CD cover as the only bit of colour they are using a visual language not only to catch the eye of the consumer but also to show the two sides of life on this planet and presumably LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS too.
This CD cover is quite straightforward compared to others they have done. For example the Aphex Twin cover for "Windowlicker" seems more daring and bizzare and catches the eye in a far more effective way. The Supergrass CD does not seem as experimental as this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Designers_Republic
http://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/
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