# Malcolm Garrett
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Malcolm Leslie Garrett (born 1956) is a British graphic designer, and Creative Director of Images&Co, a communications design consultancy based in London, UK. He is Ambassador for Manchester School of Art and co-founder of the annual Design Manchester festival, now in its eighth year.
He came to prominence in the late 70s and early 80s through his work for music artists such as Buzzcocks, Magazine, Duran Duran, Simple Minds, and Peter Gabriel. He was an early convert to exploring the opportunities and challenges of design with digital technology, and his London studio was amongst the first of its peers to go totally digital in 1990.
The Lost Art of the Album Cover (Bonus Episode)
In their heyday, album covers were veritable canvases, pored over by music lovers across the globe as they devoured the music therein. In this bonus broadcast I pay hommage to the lost art of the album cover with fellow album aesthete Dr. Andrew Webber.I hope you enjoy the podcast and do leave feed…
The Comfortable Spot bonus with Malcolm Garrett
Everything is on schedule The Comfortable Spot podcast season six in early February.
I’ve got some amazing guests and great conversations and as always, some of
them you will know, some maybe not but I know you’ll find all of them intriguing.
In the meantime, here is a bonus mini episode featuring…
13 - The Human League with Martyn Ware (Sheffield)
Join us on our first trip to the mighty music city of Sheffield as Martyn Ware guides us through growing up in the city.
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"Malcolm Garrett: conceptual continuity."
The day Malcolm Garrett walked into Virgin Records in 1977 and bought Anarchy in the UK was a revelation. The Sex Pistols, and punk, were a modern manifestation of his Dadaist dream, and seeing them playing on TV that day changed his life.
From that moment on he knew he was destined to bring his a…
Malcolm Garrett
This is an updated RDInsights 2007 archive recording by the new media and graphic designer Malcolm Garrett RDI MBE, made by Mike Dempsey. It covers Malcolm’s early life and career working with many of the notable emerging punk groups in Manchester in the 1970s and 1980s, alongside his passion for d…
EAP Episode.42 - Malcolm Garrett (Graphic Designer - Assorted Images) : "The best design does it's job without you even noticing"
*In this edition we use excerpts of 3rd party musical content*
Welcome Malcolm Garrett MBE, from the renowned graphic design agency, Assorted Images who pretty much designed half of your record collection!
David declares Malcolm as one of his heroes with no hesitation.
Cheshire born but the cultura…
Alan Aboud - Creative Director
We sat down with Alan Aboud in London to discuss Alan's journey as a Creative Director working in advertising, film, books, exhibitions and environmental design as well as the early years studying at St. Martins in the 80's.
A seasoned creative director and founder of his own agency since 1989, ref…
Designing the future with Malcolm Garrett.
Step into the world of Malcolm Garrett, an iconic British graphic designer whose career is grounded in punk rock and new technology.In this episode, Malcolm talks about designing record sleeves for bands like Buzzcocks, Duran Duran, and Simple Minds, as well as his enthusiasm for adopting new digit…
Torn Apart
Torn Apart is the largest exhibition of punk and new wave graphics ever shown on the West Coast. The show includes around one-thousand pieces of graphic design ephemera produced from 1976 to 1986, mostly from England and the US, and includes posters, flyers, publications, clothing, stickers, and bu…
“Design as an Incendiary Device”
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