Farrow has designed Pet Shop Boys’ forthcoming release, Format, a two-CD collection of b-sides and bonus tracks originally released between 1996 and 2009…

The colourful graphics on the lift-off lid card box represents the music contained within, as Mark Farrow explains: “The composition on the box is a graphic representation of all the spines of all 38 of the b-sides and bonus tracks included on the compilation.”.

“Every stripe represents the spine of the original release format on which each of the songs was included,” he continues, “whether it was a J card, pochette, cassette, DVD jewel box or 7 inch single. The colours are also informed by the original releases.”