40 years ago today Pink Floyd released their miserabilist...

40 years ago today Pink Floyd released their miserabilist classic album ‘Wish You Were Here’. Kudos to them for summing up the full panoply of mid-70s alienation, paranoia and existential void - and layering a load of synth pads all over it. And so because of all that I’ve produced a new print of the album transformed into books. It’s available now from standarddesigns.etsy.com 

#pinkfloyd #wishyouwerehere #40 #rogerwaters #davidgilmour #rickwright #nickmason #books #library #typography #design #print #poster #penguinbooks #70s #1970s

HE was a budding postman and amateur taxidermist. SHE was the...

HE was a budding postman and amateur taxidermist. SHE was the inventor of beryllium. But when he read her stark confession “Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he’s dead” they both knew this was going to be a DANGEROUS RHAPSODY. Available from all good bookshops NOW, if now is 1981. #millsandboon #queen #bohemianrhapsody #novel #pulp #paperback #adverbs #adverbs #somanybloodyadverbs #hemingway #spinning #grave

Albertus. What a great font. It gives everything a touch of...

Albertus. What a great font. It gives everything a touch of ‘Narrated by Sir Kenneth Clark’. Pip pip! #typography #BBC2 #civilisation #design #illustration #london #1960s

Penguin Science News. Basically it’s all x-rays and radar....

Penguin Science News. Basically it’s all x-rays and radar. But then, in a way, so is fiction. #penguinbooks #science #publishing #magazine #1940s #1950s #fiction

‘Prelude to Mathematics’. Personally I prefer the...

‘Prelude to Mathematics’. Personally I prefer the sequels, 'The Algebra Strikes Back’ and 'Return Of The Pie Chart’. #maths #penguinbooks #pelicanbooks #design #typography #starwars

Sorry darling, I won’t be coming down for breakfast...

Sorry darling, I won’t be coming down for breakfast because the kitchenette is literally destroying my eyes. #1970s #interiordesign #furniture #retro #opart #ouch

Back when Umberto Eco set himself up as a film studio....

Back when Umberto Eco set himself up as a film studio. #postmodernism #film #italian #filmstill

Manic Street Preachers’ ‘The Holy Bible’ Album As Books

My new album-as-books print is the Manic Street Preachers’...

My new album-as-books print is the Manic Street Preachers’ classic 1994 disc ‘The Holy Bible’ - available from today, precisely 21 years since its original release date. It’s available from bit.ly/holymanics #manics #msp #manicstreetpreachers #theholybible #album #wales #welsh #pelicanbooks #penguinbooks #richeyedwards #design #bookcover #homedecor #homeliving #dorm #dormlife #art

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