James Kordic

Graphic Designer

Music Art Collection

An exploration of the intersection between music and visual design through a curated collection of album redesigns, promotional artwork, and limited-edition vinyl concepts. The Music Art Collection reinterprets sound through texture, typography, and emotion—featuring works such as a reimagining of Joji’s Smithereens, promotional designs for Rough Trade’s The Rare & Remarkable, and collectible vinyl editions for Over the Garden Wall, Arcane, and Call Me If You Get Lost.

Client:

Personal Work

Date:

2024-2025

Role:

Graphic Design, Motion Design

The Rare & Remarkable

The Rare & Remarkable is a limited-edition vinyl campaign created for Rough Trade, celebrating exclusive pressings of standout soundtracks and albums. Each design highlights the unique identity of the featured title, Over the Garden Wall, Arcane, and Call Me If You Get Lost, through custom layouts, bold typography, and stylized visuals that reflect the tone and narrative of the music. The campaign blends collectibility with striking aesthetics, reinforcing Rough Trade’s reputation for curating distinctive and visually compelling vinyl experiences.

The Rare & Remarkable is a limited-edition vinyl campaign created for Rough Trade, celebrating exclusive pressings of standout soundtracks and albums. Each design highlights the unique identity of the featured title, Over the Garden Wall, Arcane, and Call Me If You Get Lost, through custom layouts, bold typography, and stylized visuals that reflect the tone and narrative of the music. The campaign blends collectibility with striking aesthetics, reinforcing Rough Trade’s reputation for curating distinctive and visually compelling vinyl experiences.

Smithereens Re-Design

This redesign of Joji’s Smithereens album explores themes of emotional fragmentation and digital decay through a bold visual language. Using warped typography, layered textures, and a moody, glitch-inspired aesthetic, the design reinterprets the album’s duality, its tender ballads and distorted introspection, across vinyl packaging, tracklist layouts, and promotional visuals. The result is a cohesive, immersive experience that visually mirrors the sonic contrasts at the heart of the record.

This redesign of Joji’s Smithereens album explores themes of emotional fragmentation and digital decay through a bold visual language. Using warped typography, layered textures, and a moody, glitch-inspired aesthetic, the design reinterprets the album’s duality, its tender ballads and distorted introspection, across vinyl packaging, tracklist layouts, and promotional visuals. The result is a cohesive, immersive experience that visually mirrors the sonic contrasts at the heart of the record.

Other works

The Syndicate

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Creative direction

marketing

motion design

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WWIMF

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Concept Work

Branding

Interactive Design

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All Works