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7 hours ago, WokeUpInMedellin said:

Why yes!

https://www.behance.net/collection/170630697/Madonna-Projects

Designed with the utmost care by our very own @BradleyPratt

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I'm in NZ, can confirm nothing new is on Spotify. (It's also Saturday here.)

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3 hours ago, WokeUpInMedellin said:

Gorgeous @BradleyPratt  Please tell me you do this for a living!

I am a designer, yes! I wish I did more music related projects IRL but these Madonna ones are a fun way for me to scratch that itch.

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I gave this one a 3D upgrade, and I love how it turned out. I think I really got the mirror board shine going on that gatefold vinyl! 

This completes my effort to visually unify my box set projects, and will probably be my last one.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/104612089/Madonna-Erotica-Expanded-Box-Set  🖤🖤🖤

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52 minutes ago, WokeUpInMedellin said:

That Kylie USB is so cute! The Gaga one was like that.

I had no idea USB was an attempted trend in the late 2000s. Just because it stalled at the time, I don't see why Warner couldn't have some fun introducing a limited run for each of her albums on this particular format. Along with CDs, vinyls, streaming too, of course. This would just be an extra little gimmick product for the big fans to snatch up and collect. Even if the price is high.

Some might think it's outdated, but look at vinyl's resurgence! I think current music stans appreciate aesthetically pleasing physical formats (re: vinyl) and would take a liking to themed USBs too. Back in the late 2000s, physical media was starting to be looked down on due to the rise of iTunes and then streaming. I think the stan consciousness has circled back around to some extent, and a product like this would be more appreciated now than it was then. Imagine little characters for each of M's eras! I want 

A USB within a box set was something I played with for my COADF project - I thought it would be really cute to have a disco ball-within-a-ball that was also loaded with the hi-res audio and ProRes copies of her music videos, plus copies of performances and the tour. The idea came from Daft Punk.

It would be amazing if she released something like that, and if this kind of product came back in vogue as a way to purchase physical media music alongside vinyl. We can dream...

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Fan since: 1999

Favorite Album: Ray of Light

Favorite Single: Hung Up

Favorite Video: Like a Prayer

Favorite Tour: Confessions Tour

Favorite Movie: Desperately Seeking Susan

[Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor (Box Set Design)]

A small update to this one - after a bit of time away from it, it felt a little too dark and shadowy.

So I've brightened up the background to a soft pink, and now it's a harmonious complement to my other 3D box sets. (I'll surely do the same with Erotica at a later date).

https://www.behance.net/gallery/160831625/Madonna-Confessions-on-a-Dance-Floor-(Box-Set)

 

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Prince's estate just reminded everyone (once again) how a super deluxe edition of an album should be done. Amazing.

https://store.prince.com/dept/diamonds-and-pearls

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On 8/13/2023 at 12:04 AM, Israel said:

Fantastic, but why Beautiful Stranger in the box?

It was definitely a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" decision, but I tried to put myself in a label's shoes as they plan for a release to appeal to the general public. You'll see it come up often when bloggers or websites talk about any potential ROL box set: Beautiful Stranger always shows up.

And thank you for the feedback everyone, I really appreciate it! 

There's no plans to continue with this series - Erotica might get a 3D upgrade at a later date, but that's probably it.

They're just made for fun, to stretch my own design skills, and as a presentation of an alternate reality where someone like Madonna (or honestly any female singer) someday gets a box set as grand and deluxe as a man, band or group would get. The leaders of this product space are The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Prince, Bowie... the research I did for sets like this was eye-opening.

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My 3D upgrade of my Ray of Light box set is out now, check it out while we wait for something better! (#soon )

https://www.behance.net/gallery/134394977/Madonna-Ray-of-Light-Expanded-Box-Set

[Ray of Light (Expanded Box Set - design upgrade)]

My Ray of Light box set was originally made around Christmas last year. I've been wanting to upgrade this project from 2D Photoshop mockups to 3D, at least since I started working on Confessions and the Immaculate Collection. This new version has been a joy to make and I'm so excited to see what you think of it.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/134394977/Madonna-Ray-of-Light-Expanded-Box-Set

There's a lot to check out - new editions of the vinyl, much more behind the scenes content, and a very shiny ring.

Thank you to the (wow) hundreds of you who have given feedback on my box sets. It's been incredible seeing the responses to things I've made for fun and for practice as a designer.

Enjoy! 

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I've been working on a big visual upgrade of my ROL box set that'll be out later this week, which has been really fun to make and I hope you all like it, but it's been a little bittersweet too.

I'd thought by now we'd be celebrating pre orders being open for an actual box set or some kind of digital deluxe edition at the minimum, and that my little projects would become dusty relics. No such luck yet 🙁

I wonder what's going on behind the scenes?

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I've been wanting to do this for a while and I'm very happy with the final result.

It incorporates what I learned creating my Confessions box set in 3D, and gives my old art a bit more life. (2020 really doesn't feel like it was 3 years ago.)

A few things have been improved (some of the before/after moments are shocking!) but overall it should be what you know from the original version.

I hope you like it! 

https://www.behance.net/gallery/92913091/Madonna-The-Immaculate-Collection-30th-Anniversary

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Out now here in NZ 🥳

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9 minutes ago, deathproof said:

Absolutely GORGEOUS!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpPssQdIggP/?igshid=MjkzY2Y1YTY=

https://www.pentagram.com/work/the-dark-side-of-the-moon

 

That is GORGEOUS.

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9 hours ago, Celebration said:

I just gotta show you guys this.

Do you remember Bradley Pratt? He designed "wish box sets" for The Immaculate Collection and Ray Of Light, and they were beyond beautiful.
Well. He's done a new one, Confessions On A Dance Floor, and this time he outdid himself.
Just see where he hid the USB...

https://www.behance.net/gallery/160831625/Madonna-Confessions-on-a-Dance-Floor-(Box-Set)

Now I know that we have highly talented people here who's worked with Madonna, and their friends, but this is the best designer I've ever seen!
If this would become reality, the box would be horribly expensive, but still...

That's so sweet, thanks very much! 

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3 hours ago, Brendanlovesu1 said:

God help me for writing it, but Madonna is a metaphorical load-bearing wall for more people than you know. When you tear her down, we feel it. We know she is not perfect, but she gives us strength, and if we react viscerally to your demolition efforts, it’s because we know there are cracks in the wall, but we’re so very tired of waking up to the wrecking ball every day.

Incredibly well said. I'd never thought about it like that before.

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Thanks for the love everyone 💖

I'm keen to hear what you like and don't like about it so I can keep improving. I also wondered about re-doing my other sets in this new style.

For example - any thoughts on digipaks vs individual card sleeves? USBs with all the audio and video in uhq, yes or no?

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27 minutes ago, Shoful said:

@WhitePanda PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF  GOD GET HIRED BY HER TEAM. WE NEED YOU

Waiting for them to answer the phone...

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9 hours ago, OceanBlue said:

I may be too old, but I can't read the tracklists.

You're not old, it's the site hosting the images that's inflexible on zooming.

I've added individual clickable back covers now so hopefully it's easier to see all the tracks. Enjoy!

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4 minutes ago, Confessions Lightside said:

I love it.  
If you get the job, can you please add the following things to your box-set?

• Confessions on a dance floor Special Edition picture book (https://www.discogs.com/de/release/592188-Madonna-Confessions-On-A-Dance-Floor)
• bonus music video DVD including Hung Up, Get Together (European Version), Get Together (Celebration Version), Jump, Sorry (4:3 version) AND making of Hung Up, making of Sorry
• Confessions Tour DVD or Blu-ray
• bonus CD with unreleased songs and demos including SuperPop, History (Land Of The Free), Keep The Trance, Triggering, Let It Will Be (Demo) and Get Together (Peer Astrom & Anders Bagge Demo)
• bonus CD with all original instrumental versions of the album

They're all in there, except the instrumental album. (I thought about it, but 15 discs is already pretty loaded!)

[Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor (Box Set Design)]

 

https://www.behance.net/gallery/160831625/Madonna-Confessions-on-a-Dance-Floor-(Box-Set)

 

I've designed another box set concept for one of M's albums - after Immaculate, ROL, and Erotica, this one just had to be Confessions.

As always, keen to hear what you think! 

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Thrilled to finally have Edit One on streaming! 

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55 minutes ago, vadge said:

It's honestly soul destroying the way Madonna has picked thee most untalented fans (bar Brendon Shay) to design official artworks, campaigns, contribute to her online presence (by her reposting their edits)... Yet pays complete DUST to works of art like this, because the designer hasn't been persistent and relentless enough to stay at the top of her IG tagged at any given hour.

If only someone on her team had ears on the ground to pick up on what fans actually want and EXPECT from her. Ricardo really has no excuse not to, but if anything he seems to be actively (deliberately or not) sabotaging the few aspects of Madonna's career he does have control over. And we already know Guy O doesn't give a fat rats.

I appreciate the "works of art" sentiment - I tried to do my best with those. 

I would love to be involved in the reissues/box sets, but sadly that phone call hasn't come yet, so we just have to wait and see what Warner comes up with - and hopefully the result blows my work out of the water completely.

What keeps me warm at night is knowing William Orbit liked my Ray of Light box set. That was a very special moment for me. And the one and only Detox liked my Erotica box set too, which was definitely a pinch-me moment.