The Zeit Composer series is a collection of CDs published by the avant garde label Die Schachtel, and dedicated to the new Italian electronic, contemporary and experimental music composers. The series started a few years ago, and part of it it has been featured on different design annuals as well as on the great website Hardformat (www.hardformat.org), in the Designers' section. You can also see some more Die Schachtel stuff there.
The recent publication of two CDs prompted the idea of showing the series in its entirety for the very first time. All the three-panel digipak are printed in a rigorous 2-colour black and matt silver, and are only part of a larger series of design which will one day be available as fine art prints and posters.There is no 3D software or digital trick involved here: it all starts from hand drawing sketches (you can see an example at the bottom of the page along with a shot of the actual CDS) which are then carefully redrawn with Adobe Illustrator, using the software as the old black rapidograph ink on paper.
Manuel Zurria - Repeat!
Girolamo de Simone - Shama
Luigi Archetti - Null
Osvaldo Coluccino - Neuma Q
Angelo Petronella - Rimandi e scoperte
Thollem McDonas / Stefano Scodanibbio - On Debussy's piano
Valerio Tricoli / Fabio Selvafiorita - Death by water
Manuel Zurria / Philip Corner - Joy Flashings
Luigi Archetti - Null II / Null III
Martino Traversa - Critical path
Agostino Di Scipio / John Cage / AAVV - Musical Sculptures and other devices
Francesco Giomi - Con Brio - Musica Acusmatica
The actual CDs. When closed you can see one of the three panels.
An example of the actual sketches
Interested in the music? You can find more information here: www.dieschachtel.com
Interested in buying the CDs? go to www.soundohm.com
