Graphic designer Vaughan Oliver has passed at 62. And honestly, I'd never heard his name before. Turns out,
he was a titan of 80's and 90's album design:
"His most famous 4AD designs include Doolittle and Surfer Rosa by Pixies, Treasure by Cocteau Twins and The Drift by Scott Walker; he also designed album covers for artists outside the label, such as Bush’s 1996 US No 1 album Razorblade Suitcase, and Crazy Clown Time, the 2011 album by film director David Lynch.
4AD band the Breeders wrote 'you will be missed' and posted concept artwork for their single Cannonball, featuring the image: 'Man’s testicle alone (pushed through a piece of card to ensure its loneliness)'."
If you design the cover of
Surfer Rosa you are forgiven as many Bush covers as you want. It's science.
No comments:
Post a Comment