Ctrl Alt Design

THIS WEEKEND!
LIGHT OVER DARKNESS /
CULTVR / 327 Penarth Rd, Cardiff

https://www.cultvr.cymru/25th-26th-march-light-over-darkness/

A fundraising event in aid of humanitarian organisations helping on the ground, and supporting people in Ukraine and refugees in the neighbouring countries. All proceeds will be donated to the DEC / Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

Live music from Gwenno, The Gentle Good, Ivan Moult, Black Mantis, DJ sets from Huw Stephens + Pamoja Disco Club. Plus loads more. Get your tickets and donate to a great cause

Quiet Marauder's 'Tiny Men Parts' has just had its 1st birthday at the end of November.

The contemporary reimagining of their record-baiting, format-stretching debut album MEN. Cut back from its original guise of 111 tracks and nearly five hours, its sister EP, Tiny Men Parts, clocks in at a much more manageable nine songs (and just over 25 minutes).

Here's the design for the Vinyl packaging (including 'Real Man Tattoos) and the digital single covers for 'Eggs!' and 'The Animals Are Spying on Me'.

Buy and listen here: https://bit.ly/TintMenParts

Bubblewrap Collective

The follow up to ‘Y Record Goch’, ‘Y Record Las’ was released in 2013 and features:

Ymarfer Corff, Llwybr Llaethog (feat. Geraint & Lisa Jarman), H. Hawkline & Ifan Dafydd (feat. Alys Williams)

https://ctrlalt.design/recordiau-lliwgar/

Inside artwork on 'Y Record Las’ is by Gethin Wyn Jones

Here’s some simplified album covers, created during lockdown last year as an album cover quiz. You can still try out the 3 rounds and a ‘Tawyl Special’ of Welsh album covers at…

albumcoverquiz.com.

How many can you guess?!

to Recordiau Lliwgar and ‘Y Record Goch’, which is 10 years old this year! / 10 Mlynedd oed blwyddyn yma! 😱

https://ctrlalt.design/recordiau-lliwgar/

Featuring music from / Gerddoriaeth gan:
Dau Cefn / Y Bwgan / Sen Segur / Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog

The design and style pays homage to Romek Marber‘s ‘The Marber Grid’, which was used for Penguin books from 1962. The illustrations also mirror the designs at the time by Marber and Germano Facetti.

The aim was to create simple geometric patterns, limited to 3 colours and to hold true to the grid system designed by Marber.

Ctrl Alt Design received a Best of Welsh Design Award at Cardiff Design Festival 2012 for this bold and bright design.

The brand for Recordiau Lliwgar needed to convey the idea of colour, but had to work in black or white, so it wouldn’t interfere with the colour of the theme. The final design was a Pinwheel, which is usually thought of as being a colourful object, whilst also being a geometric, simple object which complemented the design of the record sleeves.

Inside artwork on 'Y Record Goch' is by Elfyn Lewis Art Celf