Tag Archives: Malcolm Garrett

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

Posted on October 18, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…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]

Posted on October 17, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…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]

Posted on October 14, 2022 by postpunkmonk

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

Posted on May 18, 2020 by postpunkmonk

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

Posted on May 19, 2015 by postpunkmonk

  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]

Posted on April 29, 2015 by postpunkmonk

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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Simple Minds Sidebar 1: Ranking The Cover Art [part 4]

Posted on April 28, 2015 by postpunkmonk

ALBUM 7: Sparkle in The Rain | 1984| designer: Assorted iMaGes When Simple Minds followed a dramatically different tangent on their follow up to the breakthrough “New Gold Dream” album, designer followed along, albeit with one foot in the past. The … Continue reading →

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