Austin Spaceship

DATE: 05-25-2019    CLIENT: T2R ATX

The American rock band Boston released their debut album in August 1978. It went on to become one of the best-selling debut albums in US music history. It totaled over 17-million copies sold. What made the debut album stand out in a record store was the unique cover art.

It featured a guitar-shaped spaceship that carried the city of Boston inside a clear dome. The word Boston was emblazoned across the front of the spaceship. The original spaceship was designed by artist Paula Scher in 1976 and was illustrated by Roger Huyssen and featured lettering by Gerard Huerta. The guitar-shaped spaceship continued to be featured on the cover of every Boston album ever released with a sort of story line tying them altogether.

The Mockup replaced the word Austin across the front of the guitar-shaped spaceship with the city of Austin, Texas inside a clear dome.