First of all maybe for some would be unknown and asking …
“Q” What is Art Vinyl?
“A” Founded in London, England in 2005, Art Vinyl is the original way to display your favourite vinyl records. Perfect for music or art enthusiasts and those with an eye for stylish interior design.
With necessity so often the Mother of Invention, the Art Vinyl bringing this unique chance to wander round their gallery, featuring some of this year’s amazing sleeve designs, which is brought by Folkestone Harbour who enabled this one off Art Show. The gallery is situated in the harbour Customs House, and it is honoured to have this venue for Art Vinyl virtual exhibition.
Play & Display Flip Frames … The unique Play & Display Flip Frame gives the chance to stylishly display favourite vinyl albums or 12″ singles and their contents on personal wall. With this record frame’s unique design can also change over any display within seconds, without having to remove the frame from the wall.
Just a hint from the past years … the winners of Best Art Vinyl 2019 were announced on January 16th 2020 at the Koppell Project Gallery in Soho London. The public vote in 2019 placed French band “Klones” sleeve art, depicting the broken symmetry of sun and clouds for the album “Le Grand Voyage”, in first place; Nick Cave and the “Bad Seeds” fantasy landscape for Ghosteen in second; and in third, “Efterklang” the Danish bands 6th album “Altid Sammen”
The search for the most creative and well designed record cover of the year for 2020 has now begun.
Mind you, the Best Art Vinyl 2020 nominations will be revealed in November and the winner announced in January 2021. https://artvinyl.com/best-record-cover-design-competition/
Depending of your daily/evening mood, may change the sleeves and design your own gallery wall, framed and listen to the vinyl record.
In the meantime like to share one tune of my favorit RollingStone album “Tattoo” that meant something so powerful about in the early Stones days. … Might take you into the mood already to enjoy Art and Vinyl of your own: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKLVmBOOqVU
ie.: “Since 2019, we’re very proud that the Best Art Vinyl Award has been re-designed and manufactured by Vinylize. The Budapest based brand has been handcrafting glasses out of unwanted vinyl records since 2004 and is a design pioneer within alternative vinyl culture.”
© Aggie Reiter
Rolling in Budapest 