Nefelibata 2
Publishing, Lettering, Typography, Illustration, 2024
Creative Director: Kai, Yokii@ABY
Art Director: Yokii@ABY, Alex
Type Director: Alex
Designer: Alex
Illustrator: Alex
Technology Support: Hawk
Client: Artist Be Yourself, Kai
Nefelibata 2 is Kai’s debut album, with diverse styles and excellent production, infused with the whimsical ideas and delicate perceptions of this 18-year-old boy. The physical version of the album is composed of a transparent CD case and a white matters bag, tied together with orange rubber bands. The white bag here responds to the most representative object in this album-the pillow, symbolizing the creation and recording completed by Kai in his bedroom. In visual expression, the concept of clouds and the motivation of wandering organize the design of figures and words throughout, with the most prominent aspect being the handling of the text: imaginative hand drawn song titles and lyrics scattered by the wind, hoping to visually convey the literary and musical qualities that spread through the air in Kai’s music works. The album ultimately presents a clean and transparent temperament, just like the music inside, with a hint of youthful confusion amidst conviction.
《Nefelibata 2》是曾柯淳的首張專輯，風格多元，制作精良，浸透了這位18歲少年的奇思妙想和細膩感知。專輯的實體版本在裝幀結構上由透明CD殼和白色物料袋組成，並用橙色皮筋捆在壹起，這裏的白色袋子回應了這張專輯裏最有代表性的物件—枕頭，象征著小曾在自己的臥室裏完成的創作和錄制；而在視覺表現中，以雲爲概念、以漫遊爲動機，組織起人物和文字的遊弋並貫穿始終，這其中更爲突出的是文字部分的處理：充滿想象的手繪歌名和被風吹散的歌詞文本，希望以可視化的方式傳遞出小曾作品裏那種蔓延于空氣的文學性與音樂性。專輯最終呈現出幹淨清透的氣質，如同裏面的音樂壹樣，笃定中帶著些少年氣的小心思。
