The Cribs showcase designer Nick Scott

Between 2001 and 2004, I was studying graphic art and design at Leeds Met University, and had got heavily into making fanzines and putting on clubs Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music

Through these fanzines I ended up working with Ben Siddall from the Lodger. These were the first seeds of my graphic approach to records. I explored the city of Leeds, in relation to a contextual approach to Ben's lyrics Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music

At the time, Nick Hodgson from the Kaiser Chiefs and I were putting on a night called the Village Green and this became a place where all the local folk hung out. Kaiser Chiefs, Long Blondes, Sam Riley, the Cribs and Little Boots were all regulars. I remember when the Cribs played, supported by both the Lodger and Kaiser Chiefs! Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music

My screenprints in clubs and fanzines attracted the attention of the Cribs and they asked me to help out with a couple of things, first a logo, then a single and then an album (The New Fellas). This was my first real experience of working as a professional and I made lots of mistakes. Luckily the label Wichita put up with my cock-ups and NME snapper Andrew Kendall let me run wild with his photos for the album sleeve Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music

We shot the sleeve to You're Gonna Lose Us literally the day after that gig. It was shot in the band's own Springtime studio in Wakefield. At the time I wanted to reference famous Yorkshire artists, but I think that stalled on this sleeve. If you look closely you'll see Gary had cut Ryan's hair that morning in preparation for being shot Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music

The Springtime studio was a big part of the band's independence. Aware that they were being evicted during the regeneration of this area, I went in to document it Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music

Working with the Cribs has meant working with lots of other creative folk. One great one is Bob Taylor who takes awesome shots that are always full of questions. Check out his sleeves for ace Wakefield band the Research to see what I mean Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music

I also spent a long period of time working with Wild Beasts. From their first single on Bad Sneakers we worked on elaborate concepts surrounding the sleeves Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music

The nature of this approach meant when we came to their album Limbo Panto there were two distinct approaches produced. This was the one that wasn't used Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music

And this was the final Wild Beasts sleeve photography. Its concept concerns the dual persona of a performer – both the public and the private Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music

2008 saw my focus turn to a new act called Tigers That Talked. These projects are a return to the screenprint roots of my university days Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music

These collages were made after I had devoured the bands' lyrics. Although they look as though they are constructed from found images, there is actually a plan at work here. There are primary pieces within all parts which were shot intentionally then reproduced to fit the look required Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music

These pieces were influenced by the Suffragettes banners I first saw in the Women's Library in Aldgate. My partner Nell helped throughout all the projects and these were unimaginable without her Photograph: Nick Scott/guardian.co.uk/music

Ignore The Ignorant came to me as a file of lyrics, untitled. From this I mapped out my own understanding of the themes running through the work and then I began to understand the tone of the record. This lyric was important to the band and I felt it was the central pin to the work Photograph: Nick Scott /guardian.co.uk/music