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Quicksilver Daydream – Fly Oblivion album art

Contributed by TYPE.WELTKERN® on Sep 27th, 2021. Artwork published in
August 2019
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Quicksilver Daydream – Fly Oblivion album art 1
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TWK Everett is used as the sole typeface on the artwork for Fly Oblivion, the second full-length album by Brooklyn-based rock band Quicksilver Daydream. The artwork was designed by Order:

The lyrics for “Fly Oblivion” have repeating themes of reflection, planetary orbit, light, immortality, and weightlessness, to name a few. As a way to visualize these themes, we searched for imagery that looked surreal — depictions of reality that were distorted through an active process.

Everett was chosen because of its “mechanical” nuances (flattened points), resembling aeronautic spacecrafts.

The final packaging system is a combination of reflective, transparent, and tactile material — the results are only fully understood in physical form.

The entire album jacket is printed on reflective silver paper — this allows the listener to literally reflect on the lyrics.

Tape cassettes follow the same themes — fully transparent shells hide and reveal information as the tape is transferred from one spool to the other.

Quicksilver Daydream – Fly Oblivion album art 2
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Quicksilver Daydream – Fly Oblivion album art 3
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Quicksilver Daydream – Fly Oblivion album art 4
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Quicksilver Daydream – Fly Oblivion album art 5
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Quicksilver Daydream – Fly Oblivion album art 6
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Quicksilver Daydream – Fly Oblivion album art 7
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Quicksilver Daydream – Fly Oblivion album art 8
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Quicksilver Daydream – Fly Oblivion album art 9
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