birth_place training nationality field birth_date article_title name
akron , ohio columbus college of art and design american artist , art director , photographer 09 january 1982 michael carney -lrb- artist -rrb-
 michael carney
michael carney -lrb- artist -rrb-

michael carney -lrb- born january 9 , 1982 -rrb- is an art director , sculptor , and photographer .
he is best known for his extensive work with the rock band the black keys , for whom his brother patrick is the drummer .
a graduate of the columbus college of art and design , michael has been the band 's art director from the beginning , designing all of their album art .
in 2011 , carney won a grammy for best recording package for his work on the black keys ' sixth studio album , `` brothers '' .
the cover of the album states , simply , `` this is an album by the black keys .
the name of this album is brothers . ''
the group 's label , nonesuch , initially expressed confusion , but eventually gave the band , and michael , their full support of the simplistic marketing .
inside the package , the album 's disc was coated with a thermal film that changes colors -lrb- black and white -rrb- at different temperatures .
later that year , carney was profiled in the `` new york times '' article , `` the incredible , inevitable shrinking album cover '' by david browne .
in 2011 , the black keys released `` el camino '' .
the look for the album was about capturing `` the spirit of doing it the wrong way '' - a tag line initially verbalized by carney .
a picture of a chrysler minivan is printed on the album cover instead of an actual el camino .
