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Vintage VHS Tape Covers Poster
Twenty blank VHS tape covers: graphic design that never needed to exist, which is exactly why it’s worth collecting.
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Description
A blank VHS tape didn’t need artwork. Whoever bought it was just going to record something over it and scrawl “Lost: Episode 20” on the spine in marker. And yet the packaging design on these things is genuinely good: the colours, the shapes, the way a lot of them lean on waveforms and lines that read like an artist’s take on how a VHS machine actually works, the tape moving across the heads.
In university I heard a lot about programs that deliberately pair artists with engineers or scientists to communicate complex ideas. This is that, basically, except the incentive was commercial. Someone at Sony, JVC, TDK, Fuji, Kodak, Memorex and the rest decided blank tape packaging was worth real design thought, and as far as I can tell, nobody did it for any other blank storage medium. Just VHS. Strange, but I’m glad they did.
Available unframed and rolled in a sturdy tube (11″ x 17″, 12″ x 16″, 16″ x 20″, 16″ x 24″, 18″ x 24″, 20″ x 28″, 24″ x 32″, 24″ x 36″, or 28″ x 40″) or framed in a black wooden frame, ready to hang (11″ x 17″, 12″ x 16″, 16″ x 20″, 18″ x 24″, 20″ x 28″, 24″ x 32″, 24″ x 36″, or 28″ x 40″).
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 12×18", 16×20", 18×24", 24×36", 11×17", 12×16", 16×24", 20×28", 24×32", 28×40" |
| Framing | Unframed, Framed |
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