A project that deserves its own story
Neuropa is one of the most extensive music design projects in my portfolio. My role reaches across the complete visual identity: a new logo, cover design, the website, CD and LP layouts, and T-shirts. I have also designed the cover for the second album, with further layouts still to come. Bringing these pieces together matters because a listener can first encounter the project through a record sleeve, a screen or a shirt. Each needs to belong to the same world.
Working with the art of Stanisław Szukalski
The work of Stanisław Szukalski carries a powerful visual language. As an artist and sculptor, his imagery gives this project a cultural context that extends beyond an album release. The project has permission from the holders of the rights to use the relevant artwork. That distinction matters: Szukalski is the creator of the original art; my contribution is the visual identity, design, composition and layouts that bring the release together.
A new logo and a coherent identity
A music identity needs to remain recognisable across very different surfaces. The logo becomes an anchor for the cover, the website and merchandise, while typography and composition support the character of the music. I approached Neuropa as a connected body of work. The aim was to give the project its own identity while treating the source artwork with the attention it deserves.
The cover is the beginning of the release
A finished album requires more than a front image. The CD layout needs a considered relationship between the cover, supporting panels, text and the physical disc. The LP introduces a larger canvas, another set of proportions and different production requirements. I designed the layouts for both formats so that each feels complete at its own scale. The record is an object people handle, open, read and keep; those moments are part of its design.
From the record sleeve to the website and T-shirts
The website carries that visual language into a digital setting, where the presentation has to remain clear and usable. T-shirts introduce another change of format and a different way of experiencing the imagery. These are separate design problems connected by one identity. A composition that feels right on an LP sleeve still needs to be considered again for a screen or a garment.
A wider cultural context
Neuropa also has a presence in museum settings, making this a particularly meaningful collaboration. That wider context is a reason to be precise about authorship, artwork permissions and presentation. For me, it is an opportunity to connect contemporary music design with the work of an important artist, and to build an identity that can stand up to close attention beyond the usual album-release setting.
The next chapter
The collaboration continues. The second album cover is already part of my work for the project, and further layouts are planned. The images below show the existing Neuropa vinyl presentation, T-shirt design and website. Together they demonstrate the range of the first visual identity, while the next release will add another chapter to the same ongoing relationship.