Gabriele De Santis Selected work / Wu-Tang

Illustration / Packaging design

Enter the Wu-Tang36 Chambers

Collector’s Edition

Gold vinyl record of Enter the Wu-Tang
Cover: a bolt of lightning lights up a Shaolin temple among the buildings of New York
Student project
Academic year 2023–24
Enter the artwork Gabriele De Santis
Art direction & design

01 / Inside the illustration

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HEAR THE SOUNDOF THE GONG

A temple in the heart of New York

The lightning bolt links the cover to the inside of the sleeve.
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The project

Enter the
36 chambers

A collector’s edition that reimagines the world of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 debut album.

It starts in the basement of RZA — the Clan’s producer and de facto leader — where the album was originally recorded, reimagined as a Shaolin temple in the heart of New York.

Two viewpoints, linked by a bolt of lightning: outside, the street and the entrance to the temple; inside, a member of the Clan strikes the gong, the source of both light and sound.

Scope
Illustration, character design,
editorial and packaging design
Format
Vinyl / Collector’s Edition

02 / The vinyl

Outside / Inside

On to the collector’s edition
The illustrated cover of Enter the Wu-Tang

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03 / Collector’s edition

Golden
statue

The collector’s edition comes in two versions.

Numbered edition 500 copies
Comes with the gold statuette.
Standard edition Unnumbered
Comes with the full-color statuette.
The Wu-Tang statuette boxes, behind the 3D model
Golden Statue: the Wu-Tang monk holding two butterfly swords, on a round base

3″ Golden StatueDrag to rotate ↔

04 / Editorial design

Lyrics
artbook

Lyrics, illustrated portraits and quotes alternate across the booklet’s pages, in blue, yellow and black.

Lyrics artbook spread: a portrait of Ghostface Killah and a Wu-Tang typographic composition
The lyrics artbook’s blue cover, with the Wu-Tang logo and a gold bookmark
Intermission: a black-and-white spread with lyrics and portraits of the Clan
Detail of the illustrated page, with “Wu-Tang” repeated across the yellow background
Spread with an illustrated portrait, lyrics and a yellow quote on blue
Tearz: a yellow spread with black and blue lettering and tone-on-tone illustrations

05 / Poster 100 × 30 cm

The clan

Each member’s poses, expressions and signature traits take center stage in the artwork of the poster and the lyrics book.

Rolled-up illustrated poster with portraits of the Wu-Tang Clan
The nine illustrated portraits of the Wu-Tang Clan, on blue and yellow backgrounds

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06 / Packaging

Magnetic
hard-box

A rigid box with a magnetic closure holds the whole edition. All the retail information is gathered on the sleeve, so none of it has to be printed on the box itself.

Black rigid box with a magnetic closure and the Wu-Tang logo
The collector’s edition sleeve, carrying the retail information
The full collector’s edition: gold vinyl, lyrics book, poster, statuette and boxes

Enter the Wu-Tang / 36 Chambers