Shillington London Student Featured in Secret 7″

If you’re not already familiar with Secret 7″ it has nothing to do with Enid Blyton but instead is an incredibly exciting competition which invites creatives to design a 7″ record sleeve inspired by a popular track. The sleeves are then exhibited in London’s beautiful Somerset house, before being auctioned off—the proceeds of which go to a selected charity. The secret bit is that the artist isn’t revealed until after the exhibition, so all contributors are on a level playing field.

This year’s competition was especially exciting at Shillington as Myrto Dimitrakoulia, one of our current part-time students in London was selected as one of the exhibitors. Myrto was chosen alongside some of the world’s top Designers and Artists such as Sir Paul Smith, Sir Anish Kapoor, Erik Spiekermann and Nathalie Du Pasquier. 

Deciding to choose ‘Clearest Blue’ a track by Scottish synth-pop trio Chvrches, Myrto told us more about her design;

“I’m a big Chvrches fan so when I saw ‘Clearest Blue’ in the list I knew I had to make a sleeve for it! Their music is so dynamic and vibrant and I wanted my sleeve to portray that, so I decided to go with a psychedelic pattern with a lot of colourful eyes borrowing the ‘every open eye’ lyric.”

Check out Myrto’s entry on the Secret 7″ Gallery Page!

We’ve included some of our other favourite sleeves from this year’s roundup below—including Jean Julien, Georgie Hardie and Modern Toss‘s interpretations of John Lennon’s Imagine, as well as unique representations of The Jam:Art School by Nathalie Du Pasquier, Bob & Roberta Smith and Stuart Murdoch.

Images and artwork courtesy of Secret 7″. Find out more about Secret 7″ on the website and keep up to date with them on Twitter and Instagram. 

If you’re a current Shillington student or recent graduate remember to check out our competitions section of the blog, it’s a fantastic way to stay active in the design scene.