Factory Graphics
This book Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album has just come out and I had a bit of fun thumbing through it at, that Venus Flytrap for Graphic Designers, the Magma bookstore in London.
Actually I don't have many Factory records. I'm a fan of course, but not in the way that for some people it is practically a cult. When I did once get the chance to work with Peter Saville (who lives across the park from me and is an exceptionally stylish dude) I used the opportunity to get him to sign a copy of "Closer" for Mark K-punk. Mark ended up interviewing him for FACT anyway, so he probably could have got him to sign his own copy!
These are, barring my Joy Division records, the only Factory records I have. Section 25's "From The Hip", Quando Quango's "Love Tempo" and Cabaret Voltaire's "Yashar". I reckon they're probably the hippest of the whole lot.
The other day Simon linked to both these trainers. Which reminded me that Ben Kelly, the guy who designed the Hacienda with Saville more recently did the stores for British Auto-Accessories shop Halfords.
I think its similarity to the club is dead amusing.