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Matt de Jong

January 31, 2023

Matt de Jong is a graphic designer and art director who specializes in album art and related promotional materials for musicians. He has designed album covers for artists including Cat Power,[1] Clean Bandit, Deerhunter,[2] Future Islands,[3] Little Dragon,[4] The Maccabees,[1] Paolo Nutini,[2] Lee Ranaldo,[5] Ratking,[4] and Vampire Weekend.[2] de Jong is known for working with musicians who have a reputation for being "difficult" and nevertheless creating album art that pleases them.[2][6] Lionel Skerratt, who co-founded Public Information Records, and Orlando Weeks, lead singer of The Maccabees, are childhood friends of de Jong's.[1][6]

Complex magazine named de Jong's cover of the Little Dragon album Nabuma Rubberband #19, and his cover of the Ratking album So It Goes #23, on its list of the 30 Best Album Covers of 2014.[4] His cover of the Future Islands album Singles was #3 in the Best Art Vinyl 2014 awards.[3]

He was nominated for a 2018 Grammy Award for his work on Mura Masa's self-titled debut album.

Matt de Jong is the creative director and founder of the Go De Jong London studio, focused on art directing, branding, typography and digital works.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cover Club". Creative-Commission.com. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Potter, Adam (20 May 2014). "Tonight: Matt de Jong takes the stage at Cover Club #2". Time Out magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Best album cover art: See the winners of the Best Art Vinyl 2014 awards". DigitalArtsOnline.co.uk. 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  4. ^ a b c "The 30 Best Album Covers of 2014". Complex magazine. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. ^ Between the Times and the Tides (Album liner notes). Lee Ranaldo. Matador Records. 2012. OLE-980-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ a b Neckles, Ansel (18 May 2014). "Cover Club presents Matt de Jong". LetsBeBrief.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Go De Jong". Copeland Park & Bussey Building. Retrieved 2020-07-20.


 

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