Bio Design Works – Winnipeg Web Design & Print Design Studio

I had the amazing pleasure of designing Maiko’s debut album Sweet Vibration for her cd release concert in November of 2009. She had just finished recording and mastering her album over the summer but hadn’t finalized her cd artwork yet which was the only thing holding her back from her launch. After listening to her album over the summer I started to get a concept direction and a feeling of the type of look she was going for. Maiko has a real classic soul sound reminiscent of Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight and I wanted to convey that classic retro 30’s era jazz look and feel, that kind of ‘Golden Era’ of music when woman were just becoming independent in the music industry. With deep rich brown’s and metallic gold inflections, I was able to create a very simple, modest but refined album cover and CD to create a design that was reflective of Maiko’s sound and soul.

It was a great experience working on my first album and a great pleasure to work with Maiko. She has a real feel for creative design and color which made the collaborative effort and real joy and I am thankful that she was happy with the results. If you’d like to hear Maiko’s album or buy a copy of it, it is available for purchase on iTunes.

Maiko Watson a talented R&B music artist from Winnipeg released her debut album Sweet Vibration November 2009 in Toronto @ The Rivoli.