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I created this site for guitarist JP Gilbert’s “country” band, JP & the Gilberts. The aesthetic concept is based on 19th-century newspaper mastheads set with wood type or engraved blocks. Using this as the anchoring thematic element, the rest of the site is clean and simple. Typefaces used include League Gothic (The League of Moveable Type) for the headlines, Museo Slab for the main body text, and Museo Sans for sub-headers (both by Jos Buivenga).

I built the site on WordPress and used both TypeKit and @font-face for font rendering. The audio player is a customized version of Opentape.

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Abacus’s music is harsh, mathematical, and in-your-face. The website design reflects these characteristics on two levels: Aesthetically, the site is stripped-down, but pushy, using bold text and oversized images. Structurally, all of the information is presented upfront on one page. The single page design also allows visitors to stream the band’s music without interruption as they browse the site. The design’s sterility reflects the band’s precise compositions and plays with its laboratory-inspired wardrobe during performances.

This design is coordinated with the album cover for Abacus’s upcoming LP.

Abacusabacus.com was built on WordPress and features a Franklin Gothic Medium, Helvetica, Arial font-stack. The audio player is a customized version of Opentape.