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Kraftwerk: Pocket Calculator

Author: admin | Published: 30/5/07

Pocket Calculator

Pocket Calculator

Pocket Calculator

Artist: Kraftwerk
Single: Pocket Calculator
Label: EMI
Year: 1981
Designer: Unidentified
Type of music: Electronic pop
Notes: American promo. Kraftwerk are characterised by the uninformed as emotionless robots, but this is far from the truth as their taste for deadpan humour and playful design reveals.

5 Comments »

  1. This is neat – very simple, but neat nonetheless. The images themselves lose some of the effect without the record inside the sleeve – all the overlapping makes it seem, well, frankly, kind of ugly – but eh. It’s still cool.

    Comment by J. Bennett — July 1, 2008 @ 2:27 am
  2. I know what you mean, but I don’t think ugly is always bad.

    Comment by colin — July 7, 2008 @ 11:35 am
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  4. [...] bloggt über wunderbares Packaging-Design für Musik, das hier ist eine Promo 7″ für Kraftwerks „Packet Calculator“. It seems like everybody’s talking about the end of physical music media. Who knows whether [...]

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  5. Think the fluro yellow, often beloved of cyclists for greater visibility, might suit a Tour De France 7″ better :)

    Comment by SteveM — February 24, 2009 @ 7:03 pm

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