A poster in the Vienna Succession style using the arches of the old Camden Roundhouse to make the “M” initial. Limited run of 100 posters, printed in gold by Lesley Sharpe. Posters were sold out during the show’s run.
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The back cover and inner bags were made to ape the Penguin Poets series with their Elizabeth Friedlander designed covers. The intent was to link Morrissey’s back catalogue with the classics of British poetry and literature, albeit with a modern spin. (Steve Hare has written a great article in August 2008’s Creative Review about these [...]

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The first single from Greatest Hits was the Jerry Finn (R.I.P.) produced ‘That’s How People Grow Up’. In keeping with the artwork for the album, a new endpaper directly relevant to the lyrics was designed for this in a powder blue.
The pattern features elements referenced by the lyrics such as scythes, hearts, hourglasses and tears.
This [...]

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Morrissey had been residing in Rome while writing and recording Ringleader and we wanted the design to echo the inspiration.The cover was shot by Fabio Lovino who also shot M on the streets of Rome with every allusion to Italian life and industry—on a Vespa, next to political graffiti eating gelato, in front of an [...]

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A bit of a story here. Stylorouge was invited by Parlophone to pitch for Paul McCartney’s thirteenth studio album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.
Whilst not involved with this project from the beginning—the creative on the ‘Fine Line’ single was done by James Cooper and Mark Higenbottam based around Brian Clarke’s line art—I took it [...]

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