Chopin Residue Primary Function: Bìa Album Nhạc by Mariusz Szypura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Đồng in Thiết kế Bao bì Competition Category.
ĐồngBao bì· 2026
Chopin Residue Primary Function: Bìa Album Nhạc
Client: Black Element Label
A' Design Award Đồng Winner in Bao bì Category
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The Design
About Chopin Residue Primary Function: Bìa Album Nhạc
Book Text: Tác phẩm nghệ thuật được giới thiệu trong các tờ kèm album ghi lại một loạt các tác phẩm khổ lớn được tạo ra từ sợi vụn sinh ra trong quá trình cắt đĩa than bằng máy tiện, phần âm vật lý của rãnh đĩa. Thiết kế xem bao bì như một phần mở rộng của âm nhạc, hợp nhất âm thanh, chất liệu và quy trình trong một vật thể vật lý duy nhất. Album tái diễn giải các tác phẩm của Fryderyk Chopin cùng những nghệ sĩ gắn liền với Portishead, Sonic Youth, Battles, Beck, David Bowie và Tortoise.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Đồng
Chopin Residue Primary Function: Bìa Album Nhạc là người chiến thắng giải thưởng A' Design Award Đồng, một sự công nhận vô cùng danh giá dành cho các thiết kế xuất sắc nổi bật về sự sáng tạo, tài khéo léo và sự sắc sảo. Những người chiến thắng giải Đồng là những hiện vật rất điêu luyện và sáng tạo ấn tượng, xác thực kinh nghiệm phong phú, trí tưởng tượng và sự tháo vát của các nhà thiết kế. Chopin Residue Primary Function: Bìa Album Nhạc được kỳ vọng là một vật phẩm được đánh giá cao, ngưỡng mộ và trân trọng, chuyên nghiệp và đổi mới đáng chú ý. Thiết kế chiến thắng giải thưởng A' Design Award Đồng này tích hợp các thực hành tốt nhất trong nghệ thuật, khoa học, thiết kế và công nghệ, và xuất sắc nhờ sự chú ý đến chi tiết. Chopin Residue Primary Function: Bìa Album Nhạc thỏa mãn nhu cầu một cách tuyệt vời, chạm đến ham muốn, làm say mê cảm xúc và thu hút sự tò mò.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The cover of Chopin Residue is generated from the album’s core idea: residue as what remains after deconstruction. Created through the same lathe-cut process that produces the sound, the artwork uses vinyl waste as its visual material. Reinterpreting the music of Fryderyk Chopin with artists linked to projects such as Portishead, Sonic Youth, Battles, Beck, David Bowie, and Tortoise, the package becomes a physical extension of the composition, uniting sound, material, and process.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Physical formats include: Vinyl LP sleeve approx. 315 x 315 x 5 mm; CD digipack approx. 142 x 125 x 10 mm; cassette case approx. 110 x 70 x 17 mm. All formats were designed as tactile objects, with dimensions following industry standards to emphasize material presence and consistency across editions.
- Tags
- residue concept, album packaging design, lathe-cut vinyl, material-driven design, experimental music artwork, process-based design, sound as material, physical music object
- Production Technology
- The design was developed through a process-based methodology, treating sound recording as a material practice. Vinyl shavings produced during the lathe-cut process were collected, preserved, and used to create physical artworks. These works were then photographed and translated into the album packaging. The production emphasized minimal intervention, tactile materials, and small-batch manufacturing, allowing process and material to define the visual language.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge was translating an abstract musical concept into a physical object without illustration or decoration. Internally, this required rethinking historical album design and treating sound production as material practice. Externally, limitations included small-scale manufacturing, legal constraints of physical formats, and the unpredictability of lathe-cut processes. Balancing conceptual clarity with technical constraints required continuous testing and adaptation.
- Research
- Type of Research: practice-based artistic research.
Research Objectives: to translate musical deconstruction into physical form.
Methodology: sound recording treated as a material process.
Data & Tools: lathe-cut vinyl recording, material observation, photography.
Participants: the artist and collaborating musicians.
Results: vinyl residue became visual material.
Insights & Impact: the research links sound, object, and design, showing how production traces can shape meaning in music packaging and contemporary design. - Inspiration
- The project was inspired by the idea of residue as a creative outcome - what remains after a process of reduction and transformation. The design emerged from research into lathe-cut vinyl as a physical recording method, treating sound production as material practice. The motivation was to translate an abstract musical concept into a tangible object, where recording, waste, and form become a unified design language.
- Project Duration
- The project was developed between 2023 and 2025. Music recording and vinyl cutting were carried out during this period, followed by the creation of the visual artworks and packaging design. The album and its physical editions were completed and released in November 2025, accompanied by exhibitions in NY and Osaka and presentations of the related artworks.
- Operation Flow
- The object is experienced by opening, holding, and listening. The package reveals the music while visually showing traces of how it was made. Images and materials guide the user from sound to its physical remains. Interaction is slow and tactile, encouraging attention and reflection. By connecting listening with touch and sight, the object creates a deeper, more memorable experience than a standard album cover.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Mariusz Szypura, 2025
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photo by TAKT, Chopin Residue, 2025.
Image #2: Photo by TAKT, Chopin Residue, 2025.
Image #3: Photo by TAKT, Chopin Residue, 2025.
Image #4: Photo by TAKT, Chopin Residue, 2025.
Image #5: Photo by TAKT, Chopin Residue, 2025.
Video Credits: Concept, Direction, Music, and Visuals by Mariusz Szypura, 2025.
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