Your artwork is always very unusual and interesting and as a designer myself i have always looked forward to seeing the sleeves/packaging. medulla and homegenic sleeves are particular favourites. Do you usually come up with the concept/ideas/packaging and contact designers in a similar way to the way you work with music collaborators?
  		 
first and last i am a musician . so when i am doing music and people come and collaborate they usually follow my guidance . it is different with my visuals . i will have specific ideas , like with this one i knew it had to be made of woven hair only . that the hair stood for the self-sufficiency of the vocal-only album . that you could only use your body in finishing this work . i also knew it should be my black album . with purple ( prefer aubergine ) no techno stuff . goth . ancient . the rest came from others . m/m suggested the necklace and got their friends to make it . shoplifter/hrafnhildur did the hair , ( which is amazing !! , but she is , so there you go !! ) all the other stuff came from inez , vinoodh and m/m .

Björk replied 2005-08-15