Design Merchandise for Musicians
Research and References
A course by Copete Cohete , Space Design and Illustration Office
About the video: Research and References
Overview
“With the information provided by the local band, you will learn to find references, know how to research without a computer and the internet and make a moodboard that highlights ideas central to the merchandising of musicians. ”
In this video lesson Copete Cohete addresses the topic: Research and References, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design Merchandise for Musicians. Design the promotional merchandising for a music band.
Partial transcription of the video
“(music) Well, in this lesson, we are going to see how to create a moodboard from a mix of references, based on the personality of the band. And we want to have a couple of concepts that can help us. We deduced that, somehow, the album is called MultiLove, and in some way this can give us the emphasis of mixing several concepts. We liked the Hindu iconography. This idea of arms, multiple gods, we liked it for the mother concept. This led us to use iconography and perhaps the colors of rock posters from the 70s. We want to mix these two concepts, but perhaps we wanted another third one, stop ...”
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Course summary for: Design Merchandise for Musicians
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Category
Illustration, Marketing & Business -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Advertising, Branding & Identity, Graphic Design, Marketing, Photography Post-production, Poster Design, Screen Printing, Traditional illustration

Copete Cohete
A course by Copete Cohete
Copete Rocket is a space station formed in 2014 by Smithe and Pogo; cadets focused on illustration, graphic identity and animation. Now they are on a special mission accompanied by Genaro, Jamer and David who help them discover new territories.
They have worked on commercial projects for Nike, Converse or Corona and for bands such as QOSTA, Tame Impala, Soundgarden, Phoenix and others to make posters for music festivals such as Coachella, Primavera Sound or Corona Capital.
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