Sometimes I just want to buy them for the packaging

November 2, 2008 5:33 PM

Eric Skillman, art director / designer of many of Criterion's DVD packages, has a design process blog. There, he often discusses his work for the company.
posted by Manhasset (6 comments total)

This is absolutely rad. Thanks!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 7:33 PM on November 2, 2008

I love this. I've spent the last two hours going through the archives and drooling over the art. The post about the collaboration on the cover for Robinson Crusoe on Mars is awesome. It's really nice to see the stages from blank page to finished product and the small decisions that get made along the way to get these gorgeous covers.
posted by stefanie at 7:45 PM on November 2, 2008

This post on Wages of Fear is particularly excellent - all of his different versions are pretty awesome!!
posted by SmileyChewtrain at 7:58 PM on November 2, 2008

Shoot. Skillman's good, but I was hoping this was going to be about the person who did the incredible WR: Mysteries of the Organism cover [slightly NSFW].
posted by eschatfische at 8:04 PM on November 2, 2008

It just occured to me that "Graphic Designers For John McCain" would be a pretty lonely facebook group.
posted by empath at 9:31 PM on November 2, 2008 [2 favorites]

It just occured to me that "Graphic Designers For John McCain" would be a pretty lonely facebook group.

I was just reading about one. He had fun re-imagining the official government website after Obama is elected.
posted by meech at 12:19 PM on November 3, 2008 [1 favorite]