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,[1] Clean Bandit, Deerhunter, Future Islands, Little Dragon, The Maccabees,[1] Paolo Nutini, Lee Ranaldo,[2] Ratking, and Vampire Weekend. de Jong is known for working with musicians who have a reputation for being "difficult" .[3] [4] Lionel Skerratt, who co-founded Public Information Records, and Orlando Weeks, lead singer of The Maccabees, are childhood friends of de Jong's.[1] [4]
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.[5] His cover of the Future Islands album Singles was #3 in the Best Art Vinyl 2014 awards.[6]
He was nominated for a 2018 Grammy Award for his work on Mura Masas 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.[7]