Robert Murphy, a Montreal-based graphic designer, photographer and installation artist, had a collection of vintage vinyl albums – 3,000 of them. “I had to get rid of them, and I was convinced at least one would be worth a fortune,” he says.

Actually, none of them were worth much as 33 rpm records, especially with scratches and pits. So Murphy, who designs under the label OddBob Design, thought of an alternative. He recalled a Boy Scout project from his childhood.