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Reimagining iconic album designs as the objects they reference

Some may delight in them, some may see them as sacrilege: either way, graphic designer Alessio Bichi's Packed Music project sure looks like it was a lot of fun.

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Kraftwerk's The Man-Machine album artwork displayed on a vintage computer monitor with keyboard and mouse

A lifelong music lover, Bichi decided to reimagine some of the albums that have been most significant to him as objects. Many of these are a reference to the original design; while others take wider-reaching flights of fancy: "I don't think Aphex Twin would ever want to make his own line of dishes," as the designer puts it.

Working with Photoshop, Illustrator and "images taken from Google", Bichi says that the project was about "trying to connect the concept of the album with an object that can make it something you can find in everyday life".

For the Bjork image, for instance – the designer's "absolute favourite artist" – her 1995 album Post has been reworked as a "letter sent from London...on the cover, her dress really reminds me of a postcard," says Bichi.

He adds: "I have always been passionate about music and also about what is around the image that a type of music wants to convey. I like it when musicians create a world around their songs and that the world can very well be seen as an object, a gadget or a product. I also like to combine the slightly trashy side of merchandising with albums and artists that are very far from this kind of world."

Bichi has worked as a graphic designer for the past decade, starting out in advertising agencies. For the past three years, he's been working as a senior graphic designer and production specialist for a fashion and design e-commerce platform in Milan.

Two white circular plates shown from above and below, with the number seven embossed on one side and "Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92" printed on the reverse
Yellow banana with a circular sticker featuring the Velvet Underground & Nico logo, reimagining the iconic album cover as a physical object
Bjork's Post album reimagined as an opened envelope with an orange letter inside and a colourful postage stamp, alongside a blank postcard with matching stamp
Lit candle in a glass jar with Massive Attack's Blue Lines album logo printed on the label, alongside a smaller view of the logo design
Joy Division Unknown Pleasures album reimagined as a black wine bottle with matching boxed packaging featuring the iconic wave pattern design
Aluminium can with blue, green and yellow leaf pattern design from Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion album cover
Colourful striped bikini top and briefs with navy straps from Alessio Bichi's Packed Music project reimagining Caribou's Swim album cover as a swimwear set
Black motorcycle helmet with glowing blue lettering and "Harder Better Faster Stronger" text, reimagining Daft Punk's Discovery album as a wearable object
Colour wheel clock with grey rim and hands pointing to different hues across the spectrum, featuring a white diamond shape in the green section
Three white and black cosmetic products with red accents for Modedeselektor's HELLO MOM album reimagined as skincare items
Red lanyard and ID badge holder reimagining Radiohead's Kid A album as an everyday access pass
Hot Chip's The Warning album reimagined as colourful patterned briefs with red lining and black waistband branding
A ten-dollar bill transformed into a 3D object with a silhouette of a figure in the centre, referencing Nirvana's Nevermind album cover
Bjork's Post album reimagined as a postcard with colourful geometric patterns, a white circular element and her face in the centre, alongside a smaller thumbnail of the same design
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