As a kid, I had a massive tape archive. It was basically my MP3 collection of my time. Thinking about tapes today evokes the same sense of nostalgia as vinyl records do. I remember being hyped when purchasing from the coolest brands, spending hours drawing the artwork for the inside cover, and spending days selecting the best tracks for the mix. I always loved the highly-technical-looking specs and signal-to-noise charts that blank tapes always seemed to have printed on their covers. Looking back, the tape covers themselves were visually beautiful, especially when taken out of context and displayed alone as ‘art’ pieces. Yeah, some of the typography is wack on a technical level, but it doesn’t diminish the impact of the visual thrill of these little guys. Nothing better than simple, inspirational designs from what seems a long time ago. God I feel old 🙁
Here’s another gold mine I discovered a few months back: http://www.c-90.org/catalogue/tapes
