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METALLICA's 'Death Magnetic' Up For 'Best Recording Package' GRAMMY

December 9, 2008

Gina Lovett of UK's Design Week reports that Turner Duckworth's design for METALLICA's album "Death Magnetic" has been nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Recording Package" category.

The design consultancy, traditionally known for its work with more conventional clients such as Coca-Cola and Mr Kipling, restyled the classic METALLICA logo, creating a signature typographic style and crafting promotional materials including a coffin-shaped special edition and a vinyl box set.

Bruce Duckworth, co-founder of Turner Duckworth, says METALLICA's U.S. record label Warner Brothers entered the album into the category without the consultancy knowing.

"We had no idea we were entered into the awards, so it was a huge surprise when [Warner Bros.] phoned us up to tell us we were nominated. We're not the coolest consultancy to be working on album covers, though it meant our work went through in a pure state," Duckworth tells Design Week.

Read the entire report from Design Week.

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