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Hsiao-Ron Cheng & Jay Guan-Jie Peng collaborate to design new album for Cœur de pirate

For her latest album, Roses, Béatrice Martin – otherwise known as Cœur de pirate – hired the creative talents of Taiwanese digital artist/illustrator Hsiao-Ron Cheng (鄭曉嶸) and graphic designer Jay Guan-Jie Peng to come up with its packaging design.

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Cœur de pirate's Roses album cover featuring a woman's profile with black roses and teal leaves against soft, muted tones, next to a black vinyl record

Using soft, muted tones as a backdrop against appealing black roses, the cover and accompanying sleeve adds great contrast and depth to the album's identity, as it includes everything from song lyrics and credits to discography.

Hsiao-Ron began work as a freelance illustrator in 2012 and soon get international attention after she was shortlisted for the Young Illustrator Award. Find out more at hsiaoroncheng.com.

Her friend and colleague Jay Guan-Jie is a graduate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, and he now freelances for clients such as Asian Creatives, New Graphics magazine and Asia Pacific Design. Discover more of his work at jayguanjiepeng.com.

Cœur de pirate's Roses album cover featuring a figure from behind wearing a brown cap against soft, muted tones with black rose illustration detail
Digipack album packaging for Cœur de pirate's Roses featuring soft muted tones with black floral elements and profile portraits on front and back covers
Black album packaging for Cœur de pirate's Roses with minimalist line drawing and dark rose illustration on disc visible on the right side
Cœur de pirate's Roses album cover featuring black roses and muted teal tones with white cursive lettering on dark background
Open album spread for Cœur de pirate's Roses showing dark pages with black roses, muted foliage and white text layout for song lyrics and credits
Open album packaging for Cœur de pirate's Roses featuring white illustrated roses and leaves against a dark background with three columns of text
Open album spread for Cœur de pirate's Roses showing watercolour botanical illustration of black roses with green stems and muted text layout on cream pages
Open album packaging for Cœur de pirate's Roses with muted botanical illustration and song lyrics on dark background
Open album packaging for Cœur de pirate's Roses showing black pages with white illustrated roses and green foliage, featuring song lyrics and credits
Open album packaging spread for Cœur de pirate's Roses, displaying credits and song information on the left page with black rose illustrations scattered across the right page on a muted background
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