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I found this story quite amazing…Beck’s album “The Information”, was banned from the UK charts because it incorporated, in my opinion, boundry-busting design! After a consumer purchases the album, a variety of stickers can be applied to the CD Sleeve art as seen fit. This is an original idea that truly pushes at the boundaries of modern design. It’s a shame that creative-thinking has been stumped by out-dated rules and regulations from the OCC.

The original article reads:
New album’s extra features breaks rules

Beck’s new album ‘The Information’ has been banned from the UK chart. The record, which was released on October 2, has fallen foul of the rules set by the Official Chart Company.

The packaging of the CD, which includes a DVD feature and stickers that allow fans to design their own artwork, has made the album illegible in Sunday’s [October 8] countdown. According to the OCC, the DVD of homemade videos for each song on the LP – plus four random sticker sets designed by artists handpicked by Beck – gives ‘The Information’ an “unfair advantage” over other releases…

The rest of this article can be found at NME.com (link lost)

I found this story quite amazing…Beck’s album “The Information”, was banned from the UK charts because it incorporated, in my opinion, boundry-busting design! After a consumer purchases the album, a variety of stickers can be applied to the cover art as seen fit. This is an original idea that truly pushes at the boundaries of modern design. It’s a shame that creative-thinking has been stumped by out-dated rules and regulations from the OCC.

I PREVIOUSLY WROTE AND PUBLISHED THIS POST ON ANOTHER BLOG. I HAVE NOW MOVED IT HERE TO THIS PAGE, SO COMMENTS ARE NOT OPEN ON THIS POST

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