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Space Oddity: Vinyl Sleeves Redesign

Space Oddity Vinyl Sleeve Cover

A vinyl sleeve design for Space Oddity, an iconic song by David Bowie. The title was made in small size and distant from each other to mimic the constellation and also imply the feeling of isolation as it is the meaning behind the song. The word ‘oddity’ means strange or peculiar, to emphasize that characteristic, the typography for the title has made into more distorted to show the oddness of the character. A blur movement effect was added to show how the things in space are always moving and rotating.

For the back cover, a countdown clock was brought into the design to show the countdown part from the song. The numbers are placed in a circular form to mimic a stopwatch. As the numbers going down, the size is reducing as well. It is made to mimic how we see an airplane or rocket before and after they take off. Borrowing an element from the music video, a soundwave was used in this vinyl sleeve. Another reason for the use of the soundwave is because, in space, the only way to communicate with people on the earth is through radio. The astronauts have devices in their helmets that transfer the sound waves from their voices into radio waves and transmit it to the ground (or other astronauts in space). The soundwave is made from the "Ground control to Major Tom" part of the song. It is used because the part is an iconic part of the song and it introduces us to the main character, Major Tom, as he is getting ready to go into space. Therefore, the back cover was actually the pre-launch moment before he took off and the front cover is what he saw in the outer space.
 
Space Oddity: Vinyl Sleeves Redesign
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Space Oddity: Vinyl Sleeves Redesign

A vinyl sleeve design for Space Oddity, an iconic song by David Bowie.

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