Editing Ninja Tune (section)

==Design==
As the imprint grew, Ninja became an 'anti-corporate' brand, supporting the work of visual artists, filmmakers, and mavericks of all media through running its club nights and helping disseminate the work of its artists across the globe. From its very beginnings, Ninja Tune sought a strong visual identity. This is in part due to Michael Bartalos (whose original logo was a monochrome woodcut of a hooded ninja brandishing his long sword) and Mark Porter, Matt Black's friend from Oxford, Ninja's first art director who defined the logo and overall aesthetic (in addition to creating Ninja's striking yellow and black in-house record bags), and subsequently became Art Director at [[The Guardian]]. It was the arrival of Kevin Foakes as an in-house designer in 1994 that developed the logo to its current international recognition and became largely responsible for some of the label's most iconic artwork. Working as Openmind, Foakes has designed many of Ninja's album sleeves, including memorable covers for [[Amon Tobin]], [[Coldcut]], and [[Funki Porcini]]'s 2002 album ''Fast Asleep''. He's also commissioned acclaimed outside talent for several key projects.

Foakes' Ninja logo has found its way in diverse remix forms onto DJ bags (the "Wax Sack"), cigarette lighters, T-shirts, turntable slip-mats, iPod skins (bearing the slogan "Remember vinyl?"), sunglasses by Japanese company Less Than Human and the label's brand of cigarette rolling papers ("Ninja Skins"). French [[urban vinyl]] specialists Rolito also marketed a Foakes-designed toy Ninja, who came armed with a 3" CD of Ninja Tunes.

Ewan Robertson (a.k.a. Offshore) and Oscar Bauer, were integral co-designers for Ninja Tune or [[Big Dada]], responsible for iconic covers such as Wiley's [[Playtime Is Over (Wiley album)|Playtime Is Over]]'', the [[Roots Manuva]] slime-head for ''[[Slime & Reason]]'' and [[Bonobo (musician)|Bonobo]]'s ''[[Black Sands (album)|Black Sands]]'' triptych.

Some Ninja Tune artists, meanwhile, design their sleeves. One example is [[Mr. Scruff]], whose cartoon illustrations are emblazoned across much of his catalog and merchandise. Another prodigious cartoonist who designs his sleeves is [[Kid Koala]]. Kid Koala's ''Nufonia Must Fall'' graphic novel, published in 2003 by [[ECW Press]] in association with Ninja Tune, 2000 debut album, ''[[Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (album)|Carpal Tunnel Syndrome]]'', and its 2003 follow-up ''[[Some of My Best Friends Are DJs]]'' came accompanied by Koala-illustrated comic books.

Other unique promotional Ninja Tune items include Coldcut's Top Trump-inspired ''Control Cards'', Amon Tobin ear-plugs, Kid Koala-illustrated playing cards, Mr. Scruff-designed jigsaw puzzles, Scruff-branded tins of tuna-in-brine (to promote his 2008 LP ''[[Ninja Tuna]]'', which was available pre-loaded on a tuna-shaped [[USB stick]]), The Heavy and TTC-branded condoms, and plastic travelcard wallets emblazoned with artwork from Big Dada's ''Well Deep'' compilation and Roots Manuva's ''Slime & Reason'' album.

As part of Ninja Tune's 20th Anniversary in 2010, 3500 Ninja Tune XX box sets were released, all housed in limited edition hi-spec packaging designed and conceived by Ninja artwork legend Openmind. In May 2013, golden ticket holders for Bonobo's [[Camden Roundhouse]] gig in London were given a limited edition 12" for Bonobo's "Cirrus", which came in a gatefold plastic cover with "zoetrope" viewer stand and art print, with picture disc art by Cyriak. In January 2014, [[Werkdiscs]] boss [[Actress (musician)|Actress]] released a boxset for a collection of photos presented by Hard Format, which included ''[[Ghettoville (album)|Ghettoville]]'' as vinyl and CD, as well as—for the first time on vinyl—a 2 LP white vinyl edition of ''[[Hazyville]]'' and CD. The box set also contained a 40-page art book, all carefully encased in a black "elephant-skinned" outer box.

[[Bonobo]] has collaborated with art director [[Leif Podhajsky]] and photographer Pelle Crépin to create covers for some of his albums. The cover of his 2010 album ''[[Black Sands (album)|Black Sands]]'' was designed by design studio Oscar & Ewan and features an image taken by Crépin. The three cover photographs form a triptych around [[Derwentwater]] in the [[Lake District]]. They were taken at each point on the map with each view capturing the place of the next photograph and the last photograph capturing the place of the first.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscarandewan.se/Bonobo-Black-Sands |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 December 2018 |archive-date=9 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209125235/http://www.oscarandewan.se/Bonobo-Black-Sands |url-status=dead }}</ref> The abstract cover for [[Bonobo]]'s 2013 follow-up album [[The North Borders]] was created by [[Leif Podhajsky]] using a polaroid image of a wave.<ref name="creativereview.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/making-bonobos-migration-artwork/?nocache=true&adfesuccess=1|work=creativereview.co.uk|access-date=7 December 2018|title=Neil Krug on making the artwork for Bonobo album Migration|date=10 January 2017}}</ref> Podhajsky also provides the artwork for Bonobo's Flashlight EP in 2014, its cover art is a gold [[lava]] effect forming the inside sleeve glimpsed through tiny holes in a dark grey die-cut cover for the vinyl product.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/leif-podhajsky-updates|work=itsnicethat.com|access-date=7 December 2018|title=Great new album artwork from Leif Podhajsky, one of the best around|date=8 January 2015}}</ref> [[Leif Podhajsky]] again collaborated with Ninja Tune on the artwork for [[Kelis]]' 2014 album ''[[Food (Kelis album)|Food]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/leif-podhajsky-kelis|work=itsnicethat.com |access-date=7 December 2018|title=Graphic Design: Leif Podhajsky's latest work for Kelis is a stunning vinyl package |date=15 April 2014 }}</ref>

For the release of [[Bonobo]]'s sixth album ''[[Migration (Bonobo album)|Migration]]'' in January 2017, the album artwork was designed by Neil Krug.<ref name="factmag.com"/> The physical artwork included photography of the [[Mojave Desert]], with Krug capturing footage using a drone. This drone footage would come to form the video for ''Break Apart feat. [[Rhye]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/219983334|title=Bonobo 'Break Apart feat. Rhye' Official Video|via=Vimeo|access-date=7 December 2018|date=2 June 2017}}</ref> He drove to the desert in the middle of the night to photograph the area just before sunrise, avoiding the sun's intense heat. The shots were then superimposed with various effects such as flames.<ref name="creativereview.co.uk"/> The LP was accompanied by a special edition booklet containing meditations on themes from the album, the deluxe version housed in a gold-embossed PVC sleeve.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thevinylfactory.com/news/bonobo-migration-vinyl-artwork/|title=A closer look at the deluxe vinyl edition of Bonobo's Migration|work=thevinylfactory.com|access-date=7 December 2018|date=13 January 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, Belfast-based duo [[Bicep (duo)|Bicep]] released their debut album ''[[Bicep (Bicep album)|Bicep]]'', with artwork created by design team Royal Studio in partnership with AnaTypes Type, Xesta Studio and Lyft Studio. Photographs of textures were digitally transformed, modulated, coloured, gridded, and gridded over and over again in hundreds of different formations. These arrangements of textures in different colourways were then sent to [[Bicep (duo)|Bicep]], who would select their highlights from each.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/label-focus-ninja-tune-where-design-sound-av-wizardry-remix-consciousness/|work=eyeondesign.aiga.org|access-date=7 December 2018|title=Label Focus: Ninja Tune, Where Design, Sound + AV Wizardry "Remix Consciousness"|date=29 November 2017}}</ref>

The artwork for [[Young Fathers]]' 2018 album ''[[Cocoa Sugar]]'' was created by photographer Noni Julia & creative director [[Tom Hingston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neoprisme.com/young-fathers-julia-noni-tom-hingston-cocoa-sugar/|work=neoprisme.com |access-date=7 December 2018|title=Young Fathers x Julia Noni x Tom Hingston – Cocoa Sugar |date=8 April 2018 }}</ref>