In response to this brief I have chosen to examine the design of a collection of album covers by Imagine Dragons as while I was exploring a range of album cover artworks, I couldn’t seem to keep from circling back to these. As a fan of the band I find it fascinating how these covers manage to reflect the band’s music so effectively.

The typography used across all of the covers is a sans serif font, it is very sleek, modern and minimal, the simplicity of the type gives it an almost futuristic appeal, this is supported by the use of the colour white across all type. Imagine Dragons’ music has an extremely futuristic, fantasy-like sound which is emphasised by a prominent use of electronic sound.

Across all covers, the images used reinforce the band’s futuristic appeal by presenting scenes that could be described as apocalyptic, fantasy scenes. The use of glowing, neon colour throughout the images reinforces this notion by suggesting a sci-fi appeal to the artworks. The typography has a clear relationship with the images throughout all of the covers, the type is intentionally positioned in uncluttered areas of the images to boldly pronounce it into view.

One of Imagine Dragons’ most well-known singles, ‘Radioactive’ was prominently featured in the TV series, ‘The 100’ which is described as ‘a post-apocalyptic science fiction drama’ which is set in the year 2149. I would suggest that this only emphasises that Imagine Dragons’ music is widely interpreted this way.