Public Enemy album cover

  • Matt Lock

Music artwork design.

Role: Researcher, designer, preparing for print.
Tools: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign.

Project aims:
Design a cover for Public Enemy’s 1988 album, ‘It takes a nation of millions to hold us back’.​​​​​​​
A striking cover image subtly depicting the drug problem in the America and the lack of government action to tackle it.
912 empty pill capsules were filled with coloured sand and glued together one row at a time to represent the Star-Spangled Banner.