No Elephants Allowed
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Album cover and art re-design for Israeli rock band 'Girafot' album "No Elephants Allowed", released after their travel in India
2023
school project
This redesign transforms Girafot’s India-inspired album into a deeply personal artifact, an intimate package imagined as if a long time traveler mailed it home to themselves halfway through their journey. the package contains postcard, photos, personal notes and other small thing you collect as you travel in a foreign place.
The design evokes the complex emotions of travel, displacement, and the bittersweet return home. The album, written in India and produced in Israel unfolds as a personal emotional memoir, constructed from glimpsing moments passing by in-between India and Tel-Aviv.
The project blurs the line between music and memory, inviting the audience to experience the album as a personal story of cultural exploration and introspection.
concept
The concept centers on creating an authentic package that feels as if it was sent directly from India.
To enhance this, the album is wrapped in hand-sewn white cloth covers inspired by traditional Indian postal parcels. Every element - from handwritten notes to carefully curated visuals - was crafted to evoke intimacy and personal storytelling.
All the images used in the design come from our team members’ own journeys in India, making the project a collective diary that captures diverse perspectives and memories within a unified, tactile experience.
material language
To deepen the sensory experience and support the concept of a mailed package, each page of the album was made intentionally thick - inviting the viewer to slow down and engage physically with the object.
We designed custom stamps that mimic the look and feel of real postal stamps but feature the band members faces, names and other details, adding another layer of authenticity and detail.
The album was also accompanied by cassette tapes designed to echo the same visual language, tying the entire package together as a cohesive, immersive narrative object rather than just a music release.
design
The design draws from the aesthetics of travel, memory, and fragmentation—combining layered textures, handwritten text, and personal photography into a cohesive visual language.
Muted tones and weathered surfaces evoke the feeling of worn postcards and timeworn journals, while the layout mimics the spontaneous, nonlinear nature of a traveler’s collected impressions. Every element was designed to feel found rather than manufactured, reinforcing the album’s emotional rawness and sense of movement.
the stamps
The custom stamps were a key detail in bringing the concept to life. Each one was designed using the band members’ names, figures, and silhouettes, transforming them into a set of personal-fictional postage.
These stamps weren’t just decorative; they were physically produced and hand-applied, adding an authentic, tactile layer that blurred the line between design and lived experience.
the cassettes
As part of the extended packaging, we created cassette tapes that echoed the visual identity of the album while using the same textures, colors, and handwritten elements found throughout the design.
To complement the tactile, analog feel of the project, we also produced custom pencils featuring the band’s name and album title, resembling an Indian train. These small, functional objects reinforced the concept of the album as a personal kit; something to be carried, used, and interacted with beyond just listening.
