When I was much younger I used to dream of designing record sleeves. Being a child of the 1970s, vinyl seven inch singles were very much a part of my world as a teenager before they gave way to the materially less thrilling cassettes. The lovely wide expanse of space on a record is a designers’ dream. Even now at a seaside antique market, finding a cardboard box full of old singles takes me back to Our Price records Epsom or the Virgin Megastore at Piccadilly Circus. After record sleeve nostalgia come the classic labels each artist was on – Parlophone, EMI, Island, PWL, Blanco y Negro, Polydor, London, Fontana – the list goes on. Iconic logos that told you everything you needed to know about the credibility (or thrilling, fizzing pop) that lay within. However I’ve never worked for the industry. So, finally, in 2023, it’s a monumental thrill to introduce Bella Figura, our first music industry web design project.