FSOLdigital presents Mind Maps 2

November 2021

Design and artwork for part two of The Future Sound of London mix albums for Touched Music — housed in an eight panel matt finish digipak case.

For Mind Maps 2 I built on, expanded and refined the design language I created for the first Mind Maps album a few months earlier. The custom typography was developed into a complete typeface, the MM brain logo on the cover became MM2 and I returned to United States Geological Survey on Unsplash for more satellite imagery.

Matt finish eight panel digipak, same as the first Mind Maps album

This time the various logos, graphics and typeface I designed became more integrated into the backgrounds. The river running through the cover logo appears in various other places as a recurring theme and it felt like a great visual metaphor for the mix.

I created a brain shaped graphic in the same style as the type and hid the title within it, this was adapted for the t-shirt screen print

The typography is more integrated into the satellite imagery on Mind Maps 2

The under CD compass design has changed to include duration and play and stop icons

The composited satellite imagery background seamlessly covers all the panels

The river features repeatedly throughout the artwork

Mind Maps and Mind Maps 2

I expanded the custom typography into a complete lowercase typeface (including numerals)

In addition to the album artwork I also designed a series of online promotional graphics for social media, starting with a simple release date teaser (below), then more detailed adverts with extra information followed.

Initial teaser graphic — just the release date and Touched Music bandcamp address

A follow-up graphic featuring more detailed release information

Online preview and launch night promotional banner featuring the Touched Music Mixlr address in the custom typeface

Two colour hand screen printed t-shirt featuring the brain graphic, I made the title easier to read for the t-shirt

The back has the FSOL aliases featured on the artwork

The album and t-shirt were sold exclusively by Touched Music and FSOLdigital with all proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Support.