With an oddly prodigious appetite, Pizzicato Five consumes musical genres: dance, trance, jungle, James Bond soundtrack, bossa nova, lounge, pop, musique concrete, classical. Since 1985, P5 has seen various members come and go. It now exists as the condensed duo of singer Maki Nomiya and composer/mix

Bright, Citational, Clean, Eclectic, Polychromatic, Pop, Smart, Smarty arty pop

When Al Green drew himself a bath on a troubled night in 1977, he had no idea his life was about to change. All of a sudden his girlfriend, with whom he'd just had a row, burst through the door and slung a bowl of sizzling grits across his body. As he screamed in agony, she put the butt of a gun to h

Ecstatic, Pop, Religious, Rhythmic

The electrifying artistic force that was Elvis Presley can't be contained in a single account. Variously thought of as the King, Elvis the Pelvis, a degenerate, and a teen icon, Presley was the living confluence of America's multiple cultures. Born to poor parents in Tupelo, Mississippi, he lived w

Charming, Cool, Lush, Masculine, Mythic, Oldies rock, Pioneering, Pop, Sexy

The Designers Republic creates images that make the most jaded consumer a sucker for packaging. The work is playful in every sense: bright, candy-colored compositions with anime cartoon children running rampant; it's like Hello Kitty playing laser tag. Yet these images play snidely with branding, cor

Bright, Citational, Cool, Playful, Pop, Psychedelic design, Rebel