Tag Archives: Malcolm Garrett

Magazine Give Us Everything With A PVC BSOG of Six Albums [plus Tees…]

It pays to hit the bookmark folder every now and then because the web keeps changing when we’re not looking. For instance, even though I’m on the Magazine Mailing List from having bought many fine products from their online webstore, … Continue reading

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When Titans…Collaborate: Malcolm Garrett + Peter Saville Sleeves [part 3]

[…continued from last post] The last post showed Garrett invited to one of Saville’s regular clients on a job that demanded the highest level of thought and accomplishment. The final example of graphic designers Malcolm Garrett and Peter Saville pairing … Continue reading

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When Titans…Collaborate: Malcolm Garrett + Peter Saville Sleeves [part 2]

[…continued from last post] The last post examined a single that graphic designers Malcolm Garrett and Peter Saville had collaborated on together in 1981 for Duran Duran. Today we’ll examine a more substantial pairing of the two Mancunian designers who … Continue reading

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When Titans…Collaborate: Malcolm Garrett + Peter Saville Sleeves [part 1]

Manchester was a hotbed of musical influence in the Post-Punk musical environment for sure, but if you’re a graphic designer [raises hand] it was even more influential from the same period. While there were titans of sleeve art prior to … Continue reading

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Want List: Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die – Punk + Post-Punk Graphics 1976-1986

Last Friday I got notice from the best brains at Rocket 88 Books that they are currently prepping a deluxe numbered edition of Andrew Krivine’s book that cuts to the heart of this Monk’s twin obsessions; Post-Punk and graphic design! … Continue reading

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Heaven 17 Return Triumphantly To 12″ Singles

  Heaven 17: Pray UK 12″ [2014] Pray [October 2014 mix] Illumination [October 2014 mix] If one can remember back to the distant hazy time of September 2014, I had posted about the “Tour Of Synthetic Delights” that stalwart synth … Continue reading

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Simple Minds Sidebar 1: Ranking The Cover Art [part 5]

ALBUM 9: Live In The City of Light | 1987| designer: Assorted iMaGes Malcolm Garrett returned to the design duties for the next album, but I must ask… at what cost? Jim Kerr has quipped in the press five years earlier that … Continue reading

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