The illustrations of Alan Aldridge
House of Blues. From 1965 to 1967, British artist Alan Aldridge was the art director of Penguin UK, bringing an edgy, growingly psychedelic design sensibility to its always iconic paperbacks. Eventually, Aldridge and the publisher parted ways, and he spent time designing for rock stars such as Elton John, Mick Jagger and John Lennon. The snapshots are a fun addition to the art in his book, The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes: The Art of Alan Aldridge, released in the U.S. this year after an exhibition of the same name at the British Design Museum.
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Illustrations of Alan Aldridge
The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes: The Art of Alan Aldridge has been released in the U.S. on the heels of an exhibition of the same name at the Design Museum in London. Among the artist's works is The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics, an award-winning anthology. Describing the project in his newest book, Aldridge writes, I approached seventy of the worlds best illustrators to contribute. What was left, or what needed to be replaced because it was too risqué to be published, I did myself. I saw the book as an illustration of the sixties.
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