+50 songs that should not be missing from a graphic designer's playlist

Music is the universal source of inspiration. It is one of those arts that do not require prior knowledge to be able to capture the essence of its message because it is a universal language. On graphic designers and other artists, music has a brutal impact not only on a personal level, but on a professional level. In that sense, graphic designers tend to be very "special" or meticulous. We work with images and we are able to perceive suggestions and nuances in songs with an amazing level of detail. Many of you will know as well as I that many times songs activate images in our imagination and become the basis of a new work or artistic project. We listen to a song and it suddenly suggests an image, a scene, a person, a color or an object.

Choosing what music we listen to becomes an important factor and one that will surely end up being reflected sooner or later in your way of designing. Is about something very personal and each one clings to the style and genre that suits him best. I personally try to listen to a great variety of musical genres and styles because I believe that each one of them brings me new information, new knowledge or at least new ways of perceiving images and the world.

When we talk about songs, we talk about emotions inked by the greatness of the sound that inevitably surrounds us and seems to insert us in a parallel dimension, a suitable setting or setting to let ourselves be carried away and fantasize or reflect. A place where we feel unique and with the ability to create and build all kinds of images, texts, ideas and concepts. Like architecture, cinema (of which we already talked on some occasion by collecting essential films), photography, painting or theater ... Music is an unconditional part of our way of perceiving the world, interpreting it and of course representing it.

Below I would like to share with you a selection of more than 50 songs (I know that there are many that I leave in the inkwell) that personally inspire me a lot and that lately I usually listen when I start designing or working on anything. Of course, I would also like to receive recommendations from you if you think there is a song that deserves to be on this list and that can be inspiring. At the end of the day, what it is about is to find incentives that help us to get better things from ourselves and that inspire or guide us through the fantastic path of creation.

Two Door Cinema Club: What You Know

https://youtu.be/KpCcJY-rJSs

Lisa Mitchell: Neopolitan Dreams

https://youtu.be/J4OD7Uv0-Ls

Sia: Breathe Me

https://youtu.be/SFGvmrJ5rjM

Jonsi: Tornado

https://youtu.be/6Pc2A66m7Zg

Radiohead: No surprises

https://youtu.be/u5CVsCnxyXg

M83: Midnight City

https://youtu.be/dX3k_QDnzHE

Chris Garneau: Pirates Reprise

https://youtu.be/qraV6V8u4rY

Lamb: Heaven

https://youtu.be/1ApvN-HVD4M

Sigur Rós: Hoppipolla

https://youtu.be/1YcZmQOnsOQ

Coldplay: A rush of blood to the head

https://youtu.be/vv7EtBmZ-ko

Bjork: Army of me

https://youtu.be/6KxtgS2lU94

Jem: Amazing Life

https://youtu.be/VKIwIdWGmHM

Ludovico Einaudi: Divine

https://youtu.be/X1DRDcGlSsE

Muse: Resistance

https://youtu.be/TPE9uSFFxrI

Linkin Park: Burn It Down

https://youtu.be/zgEKLhvCCVA

SoleyPretty Face

https://youtu.be/gRwFRMGpTWg

Michael Buble: Feeling Good

https://youtu.be/Edwsf-8F3sI

Moby: First Cool Hive

https://youtu.be/kGItMdFbS0o

Depeche Mode: Enjoy the silence

https://youtu.be/aGSKrC7dGcY

Spandau Ballet: Gold

https://youtu.be/ntG50eXbBtc

Gnarls Barkley: Crazy

https://youtu.be/bd2B6SjMh_w

Regina Spektor: You've got time

https://youtu.be/w9_isl1jjHc

Daylight: Matt and Kim

https://youtu.be/zR-0fAGdKpk

Travis: side

https://youtu.be/VK3Q4SLVkAU

FM Popular NM: Always the sun

https://youtu.be/k0r8xEeP0gc

Arctic Monkeys: Do I Wanna Know?

https://youtu.be/bpOSxM0rNPM

System of a down: Toxicity

https://youtu.be/64FrYGRrKVY

Thirteen Senses: Into the Fire

https://youtu.be/d_r8Zg440kY

Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody

https://youtu.be/fJ9rUzIMcZQ

Gotye: Somebody that I used to know

https://youtu.be/8UVNT4wvIGY

The Postal Service: Such Great Heights

https://youtu.be/0wrsZog8qXg

Michael Sembello: Maniac

https://youtu.be/evyKPVS_M7E

Madonna: Hung Up

https://youtu.be/EDwb9jOVRtU

Michael Nyman: The heart asks pleasure first

https://youtu.be/NsQBKr_x-P4

The Fray: Heartless

https://youtu.be/LBTdJHkAr5A

Mirah: Cold Cold Water

https://youtu.be/XMi-fNjZ534

Evanescence: Lithium

https://youtu.be/PJGpsL_XYQI

Lodovico Einaudi: Love is a Mystery

https://youtu.be/riq7y868KVY

Caesars: Don't Fear The Reaper

https://youtu.be/kyc75ahCB5g

Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism

https://youtu.be/-3b6hDCIeDk

Rae & Christian Remix: Six Feet Under 

https://youtu.be/VOU-DfB6WGQ

Travis: My eyes

https://youtu.be/S14IHuVC0uE

Heller and Farley: Ultra Flava

https://youtu.be/RMy3ze58GvQ

Birdy: Words As Weapons 

https://youtu.be/5zbe3RdLlJs

Shania Twain: I'm Gonna Getcha Good

https://youtu.be/Z3Pb3EJY5Qg

Remy Zero: Save Me

https://youtu.be/5nrqOV5kcRE

Air Traffic: Time goes by

https://youtu.be/_wmi5bYu7Z0

Jace Everett: Bad Things

https://youtu.be/sMPNjPpdjKU

Sigur Ros as Valtari

https://youtu.be/wfJVAoTE2PI

Cat Power: I found a reason

https://youtu.be/uEApf_FT25M

Shivaree: Goodnight Moon

https://youtu.be/K2vwBU-1mm4