Street artist Neck (Oliver Gelbrich) created tapedeck.org, a wonderfully nostalgic online gallery of analog audio cassette tapes to celebrate the playfulness and beauty behind their odd design.

The invention of the cassette tape was a technological innovation for music, but what was the first album to ever be released on one?

Cassette tapes are impractical, and the people who buy and produce them agree. Yet, a community of listeners continue to keep them alive. “It’s ridiculous buying cassettes and having a cassette player ...