About the Project
Retirement Home, is the second album from Bay Area band, Taxes. I worked closely with Robby Cronholm—the lyricist, frontman, and creative force behind Taxes—to bring the album to life in its physical and digital form. Using a commissioned painting from Sam Bee as inspiration and a starting point, I designed the packaging based on the tone of the album and the painting itself.
Together, this project consists of a designed 4-panel digipack, an 8-page saddle-stitched booklet of typeset lyrics, a logotype, and artwork for 3 digital single releases. The logotype for the album was created using Sometimes Times by Boulevard Lab, and the lyrics for the booklet were typeset in Wolpe Pegasus.
This project holds a special place in my heart because it is the second album release I've designed for Taxes, the first one being, It Never Ends, back in 2014 when I was just 2 years into my career. Working with them, again, has been nothing short of amazing.
Project Credits
Album Concept by Robby Cronholm
Design Direction, Type, and Layout by Annie Szafranski
Cover Painting by Sam Bee
Cover Photography by John Volger
Printed by DiscMakers
Type Credits
Sometimes Times by Boulevard Lab
Obviously by OH no Type Co.
Wolpe Pegasus by Berthold Wolpe, digitized by Toshi Omagari of Monotype