Marina And The Diamonds much acclaimed debut album ‘The Family Jewels’ is released this week. Big Active have worked closely with Marina since her first single to art direct the imagery for the campaign. Photography by Rankin. Cover art and lettering by Mat Maitland. Featured below is the album cover and a special edition 7″ package of the new single ‘Hollywood’. To see more please click here.

23 February, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Mat Maitland, Music | - Tags: Marina And The Diamonds, Mat Maitland, Music Design, Rankin | Permalink

To mark the climax of this year’s Youth Music Week, the Phillips De Pury Gallery in London auctioned 25 of the original artworks produced for the Destroy/Rankin project. First under the hammer was Mat Maitland’s’s work for Basement Jaxx which fetched the respectable sum of £800. Other key works included Damien Hirst’s ‘Joe Strummer’ and artwork by by Debbie Harry, Kylie Minogue, Mat Collishaw, Douglas Gordon and Mariianne Faithfull. The evening’s entertainment also included an exclusive performance by Jarvis Cocker and a DJ set by Lemon Jelly’s Fred Deakin. The night raised a total of £50,000 to benefit Youth Music projects. Destroy/Rankin designed by Big Active’s Gerard Saint is available from bookstores with all proceeds also going to the youth charity.

16 November, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Mat Maitland, Music | - Tags: Gerard Saint, Mat Maitland, Rankin, Youth Music | Permalink

Destroy/Rankin is launched today. The book designed by Big Active creative director Gerard Saint features 70 of the world’s leading musicians who have ‘destroyed’ Rankin’s iconic photographs of themselves to create new pieces of artwork in support of Youth Music – the UK’s leading music charity for young people. “I wanted to hear the voice inside that the camera doesn’t always catch” say Rankin. “…with that in mind,” says Saint, “I planned the book to look quiet on the outside and loud on the inside”. Musicians and contributors include Jarvis Cocker, Ian Brown, Fred Deakin, Kylie Minogue, Debbie Harry, Douglas Gordon and Damien Hirst. Big Active’s Mat Maitland also created a piece in collaboration with Basement Jaxx. The work will be on show at Phillips De Pury London, for free, between November 9 – 21. Collectors can bid online for the work from November 7, or attend the Open Auction on November 14 to bid for 25 key pieces. See more here…

Destroy / Rankin

09 November, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Mat Maitland, Music | - Tags: Gerard Saint, Phillips De Pury, Rankin, Youth Music | Permalink