Zack Nipper is an artist from

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. He has designed several album covers by bands such as Bright Eyes, Criteria,

Georgie James Georgie James was an American indie pop/ rock group from Washington D.C. composed of John Davis (formerly of Q and Not U) and Laura Burhenn. When Q and Not U disbanded in 2005 after releasing three albums, the band split into three different pr ...

and

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. Zack won "Best Recording Package" for his work on Bright Eyes' '' Cassadaga'' at the 2008 Grammy Awards, giving him, as well as

Saddle Creek Records Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Mike Mogis and Justin Oberst in 1993 (as Lumberjack Records). Mogis soon turned over his ...

their first Grammy. In 2008, after his Grammy Award, several of Nipper's drawings for the album were displayed at the Joslyn Art Museum in "Zack Nipper: The Cassadaga Drawings" organized by then-senior curator of collections, John Wilson. In January 2011, it was announced that Nipper's work on The People's Key had won the

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award. He is a great-grandson of efficiency experts Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr. and

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, whose life story was told in the book and film "Cheaper By The Dozen"."Curtain To Rise on Family's Story", Omaha World-Herald, January 18, 2010.

Selected works

*artwork - Criteria -

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single (2005 ·

) *artwork - Criteria -

When We Break ''When We Break'' is the second release by indie-rock band Criteria. It was released August 23, 2005 on Saddle Creek Records. The CD-release party was held in Omaha, Nebraska on August 20, 2005 at the Sokol Underground. Facing New York and loc ...

(2005 ·

) *artwork -

Read Music/Speak Spanish ''Read Music/Speak Spanish'' is the first studio album by American punk band Desaparecidos. Released in February 2002, the record is the forty-second release of Saddle Creek Records. Reviews were mostly positive upon release. About ''Read Mus ...

(2002 ·

) *artwork - Bright Eyes - ''

There Is No Beginning to the Story ''There Is No Beginning to the Story'' is the third EP by Bright Eyes. The songs on it are fairly varied, with "From a Balance Beam" and "Loose Leaves" having more electronic qualities, while "Messenger Bird's Song" and "We Are Free Men" are ...

'', " Four Winds EP", " Lua EP", "

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning ''I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'' is the sixth studio album by American band Bright Eyes, released on January 25, 2005 by Saddle Creek Records (the same day as their seventh album, ''Digital Ash in a Digital Urn''). The album will be reissued ...

", "

Every Day and Every Night ''Every Day and Every Night'' is an EP by Nebraskan indie rock band Bright Eyes. It became the 30th release by Saddle Creek Records on November 1, 1999. Conor Oberst references this album art in another of his songs, "Waste of Paint", from th ...

", " The People's Key"

References

External links

Saddle Creek Records
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