Visual Culture- The 1970s to the Digital Revolution

The 1970s to the Digital Revolution

The 1970's onward was a time when graphics was at it's peak with the release of new music artists and bands. There were many artists of the time creating album covers for the likes of Joy Division (which is probably one of his most famous piece of art work), New Order, Wham!, Suede, Pulp and many more. Well known artists of the time Peter Saville was one of the most popular graphic designers and he created a lot of art work for most of the above bands. Another one of these artists included Vaughan Oliver who created album art for the likes of The Pixies and The Mortal Coil. He worked a lot with typography as you can tell in most of his work whilst Peter Saville was more about colour, shape and composition. Both, however, were really inspirational artists of the time.