Matt de Jong

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Matt de Jong is a graphic designer and art director who specializes in album art and other promotional materials for musicians. He has designed album covers for artists including Cat Power,{{cite web|title=Cover Club|url=https://www.creative-commission.com/news/cover-club|website=Creative-Commission.com|accessdate=24 September 2015|date=14 May 2014}} Clean Bandit, Deerhunter, Future Islands, Little Dragon, The Maccabees, Paolo Nutini, Lee Ranaldo,{{cite AV media notes|title=Between the Times and the Tides|others=Lee Ranaldo|year=2012|type=Album liner notes|publisher=Matador Records|id=OLE-980-1}} Ratking, and Vampire Weekend. de Jong is known for working with musicians who have a reputation for being "difficult" .{{cite web|last1=Potter|first1=Adam|title=Tonight: Matt de Jong takes the stage at Cover Club #2|url=http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2014/05/20/tonight-matt-de-jong-takes-the-stage-at-cover-club-2/|website=Time Out magazine|accessdate=24 September 2015|date=20 May 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Neckles|first1=Ansel|title=Cover Club presents Matt de Jong|url=http://www.letsbebrief.co.uk/cover-club-presents-matt-de-jong/|website=LetsBeBrief.co.uk|accessdate=24 September 2015|date=18 May 2014}} Lionel Skerratt, who co-founded Public Information Records, and Orlando Weeks, lead singer of The Maccabees, are childhood friends of de Jong's.

Complex magazine named de Jong's cover of the Little Dragon album Nabuma Rubberband #19, and his cover of the Ratking album So It Goes #23, on its list of the 30 Best Album Covers of 2014.{{cite web|title=The 30 Best Album Covers of 2014|url=http://www.complex.com/style/2014/12/the-best-album-covers-of-2014/redinho|website=Complex magazine|accessdate=24 September 2015|date=3 December 2014}} His cover of the Future Islands album Singles was #3 in the Best Art Vinyl 2014 awards.{{cite news|title=Best album cover art: See the winners of the Best Art Vinyl 2014 awards | url=http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/graphic-design/best-album-art-2014 |website=DigitalArtsOnline.co.uk|date=2015-01-06|accessdate=2015-09-23}}

He was nominated for a 2018 Grammy Award for his work on Mura Masa{{'}}s self-titled debut album.

Matt de Jong is the creative director and founder of the Go De Jong London studio, focused on art directing, branding, typography and digital works.{{Cite web|title=Go De Jong|url=https://www.copelandpark.com/residents/go-de-jong/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Copeland Park & Bussey Building|language=en-GB}}