Shrewd patron of Graphic Design. A man who signed the first wave of post modern popstars - Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays, Durtti Column, and others - are name checked in the article. Asked why he thought design was important he is quote as saying; "why was music packaging important to us? because the job was a sacred one.. does the catholic church pour wine into moldy earthenware pots? I think not."
On the subject of meeting Peter Saville, the designer at Factory records for its pivitol early years, said He showed him "a book on Jan Tschichold. He showed him the Penguin
Crime covers from 1941, the constructivist play posters from the 1920s
and the cover of the 1965 Hoffmann-Laroche catalogue."
http://www.designobserver.org/article.php?id=5817
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