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those silly catalogue cards from the 3" era

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Kuuki no soko was a phrase that we had trouble translating. “The bottom of the atmosphere” or “under the air” were attempts. There was, however, an air about this album. An air of awakening, an air of childhood enchantment.

The design is an homage to the Hang Ten and OP shirts of my childhood, but with some close up emphasis on the objects a child would discover for the first time in forest or park…

…pine needles…

…and cones.

Matte varnish on black.

I felt that a winter color palette would have been more appropriate for the music, but blues just didn’t look as good. And are the needles still on the tree in the winter? It’s something I probably knew as a child…