Record / CD / Tape
Joy Division
1978

“a classic! there's a small sketch in one of Rob's notebooks which looks like a rudimentary workout of this image. i wonder if he drew it before or after your design, steve?”

“I don't honestly know. I remember that he definitely already had the scaffolding idea in mind, and that we scouted the Fountain Street location together to discuss what the finished thing would look like. He wasn't with me for the photoshoot, so we must have agreed beforehand exactly how it would look. The type on the front was Letraset ( I describe what that is on the posting about The Tunes EP sleeve) and the back text was handwritten on a sheet of transparent Mylar overlay over the artwork. The idea was that Rob could then see how the finished sleeve would look, and he had the choice of going with the handwritten version or waiting another couple of days and paying to have the type set professionally at a typesetters. It was quicker, cheaper and easier to just go with the handwritten text, I think.”