ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

A compilation of links to information about or by Malcolm Garrett

Column 1
Don't You Know Who I am?
: biographic information, professional affiliations

Column 2
Watch // Listen // Read 
: podcasts, videos, articles, interviews, blogs, writing

Column 3
Play // Buy // Look // Explore
: playlists + notes, merchandise, design work

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ABOUT MALCOLM GARRETT MBE RDI

Malcolm Garrett is a UK-based graphic designer working across a variety of disciplines and media

Creative director: Images&Co
Artistic director: Design Manchester
Association of Royal Designers for Industry
Wikipedia
LinkedIn

SOCIAL MEDIA

Instagram: @beingmalcolmgarrett
Instagram: @collectingmalcolmgarrett
Instagram: @readingmalcolmgarrett
bluesky: @malcolmgarrett

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Co-Founder and Artistic Director: Design Manchester
Co-Founder: London Modern 
Committee Chairman: The Sir Misha Black Awards
Curator: The Malcolm Garrett Collection
Founding member: World Building Institute

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UPDATED 28.1.2026 – 13:45
photograph © Platon

EXHIBITION

2024
TORN APART, Orlando Museum of Art, FL
TORN APART, Hawn Gallery, SMU, Dallas TX
2020
Westwood VR tour, The Atkinson, Southport
2012
The World of Tomorrow, The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art

AUDIO // VIDEO

2026
Monotype Creative Characters – 'Designing the Future', podcast with Graham Sturt
2025
'Growing Up In Public', St Bride Foundation YouTube
Destroy! 'Conceptual Continuity', podcast with Richard Smith
RDInsights (2007) update (2025), podcast with Mike Dempsey
2024
'Outside The Lines', Design Conclave at St Bride Foundation
Sixteen Again, with Paul Hanley and Richard Boon, Walthamstow Rock'n'Roll Book Club
In Conversation, Duran Duran YouTube
The Comfortable Spot Bonus podcast with Ken Sweeney
2023
The Comfortable Spot podcast with Ken Sweeney
2022
Creative Boom Xmas Special podcast with Katy Cowan
In Conversation with Andy Dainty, MMUTube
Putting The Pop Into Art... with Mark Shayler, Doing Things Better and Doing Better Things
Look Now, Look All Around, Pooleyville, Milton Keynes Newsletter
The Correct Use of Soap, Music Talks Podcast – episode 70 (part 2)
The Correct Use of Soap, Music Talks Podcast – episode 70 (part 1)
The Malcolm Garrett Collection, Gerry Anderson Podcast – pod 198
The Designs of Malcolm Garrett, Gerry Anderson Podcast – pod 197
Malcolm Garrett Gets Nostalgic, Gerry Anderson Podcast – pod 196
Dropping Acid and Designing for Buzzcocks, Pirated Radio
2021
Electronically Ours with Martyn Ware, +Alex McDowell – (reposted April 2022)
2020
Designing Michael Clark, The Barbican
Unveiling a Blue Plaque, Pete Shelley Memorial Campaign
Malcolm Garrett on Design, Unknown Origins
Yours Truthfully, RDInsights
Interview, Creative Boom Podcast – episode 1
2019
Malcolm Garrett: Brexit is Over!, Tallinn Music Week
Art Schools of North of England, Mix Cloud
Letraset, La Police du Punk, Arte
Die Punk-Rubbelbuchstaben Letraset, Arte
Letraset: The Punk Designer's Best Friend, Arte
Meet Peter Saville, BBC Sounds
2018
The Great Debate at DM18: All Schools should be Art Schools?
Interview, Creative Lives in Progess
Interview, Arrest All Mimics
Swifty and Malcolm Garrett, Salford University
2017
Design Manchester, BBC 6Music
2015
Malcolm Garrett Q&A, campfire #55
2013
Inaugural Address as Master of RDIs, RSA
2012
Brand discussion with Garrett and Saville, The Sharp Project
'BT ArtBox' interview, Winkball
'Visualising Music' interview, Hunger TV
2010
'Keeping it real...' lecture, BIO 22, Ljubljana
2009
Interview, Edge Conference, DBA
2008
Interview, Mike Dempsey, RDInsights
2004
Interview, Typeradio

DIALOGUE

2021
Pop Art: Duran Duran, Classic Pop
Classic Album: Duran Duran, XS Noize
Manifesto For Design, Unknown Origins
2020
Working with Duran Duran, Louder Than War
2019
Brexit, Rada7.ee
2016
Malcolm Garrett 1994, Racket Racket
Malcolm Garrett and Judy Blame, ICA
Dr. Martens speaks to Malcolm Garrett, Dr. Martens Blog
2012
What Inspires Malcolm Garrett?, Design Week
Malcolm Garrett and Kate Moross, Design Week
2010
In Depth, Computer Arts
2007
Dialogue with Malcolm Garrett, Andy Polaine
2003
...at a boys' school near Manchester, Eye 49
1994
Reputations, Eye 12

WRITING

2020
Coming : Being : Going – Michael Clark IG Takeover, Document
2019
A Sunny Day in June, 2NQ blog
2018
Punk to the end, Pressreader
2012
Sir Misha Black Awards, RCA
2011
The Legacy of Steve Jobs, State
2010
Out of Print, Crafts Council online
2007
Conversation with Bill Moggridge, Eye 66
2006
The widescreen career of Alex McDowell, Eye 60

NEWS // COMMENT // ENDORSEMENT

2021
New Wave Graphics, AIGA, Eye on Design
Reversing Into The Future, Emmanuel Art Gallery, Denver
Heaven 17 – Roundhouse Review, Louder Than War
Ever Fallen In Love – The Lost Buzzcocks Tapes, Louder Than War
Simple Minds – The Men Are Marching, Priptona Weird
2020
The Visual Language of The Counterculture, Document Journal
Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die, It’s Nice That
How the Bauhaus Changed the '80s, Document
2019
DM19: Paula Scher at Manchester School of Art, MSoA News
Groundbreaking Design Weirdness, AIGA Eye on Design
New Art School Rules! Creative Review
Westwood, The Atkinson, Art in Liverpool.com
WAR IS OVER!, Fonts in Use
2018
Buzzcocks – Love Battery, It's Nice That
Pete Shelley, The Guardian
2017
Cover Versions exhibition, cerysmatic.factory
On working with Buzzcocks, Creative Review
Orgasm Addict reimagined, AIGA
Orgasm Addict revisited, The Guardian
Creative Leaders 50, Creative Review
Design Manchester DM17, Design Week
2016
History of Lancashire in 70 Objects, Special Collections Museum
No B-side: Post-punk sleeve design, Creative Review
Duran Duran – Into The Arena Game, A Board Game A Day
Destroy, punk and DIY, Liz Farrelly
2015
Cover Art – Sons and Fascination, Post Punk Monk Blog
Cover Art – New Gold Dream, Post Punk Monk Blog
The Drum Designerati
2013
Fred Perry inspiration
2011
40:40 – Susie Freeman, Crafts Council online
2010
Photoshop, the verb, johnson banks blog
2008
Designer monographs, johnson banks blog
2006
When we were punks..., Creative Review

MUSIC

imagine something yesterday
a cassette by The Pathfinders
The Tapeworm, 2021
— black edition notes

imagine something yesterday
a digital download by The Pathfinders
The Tapeworm, 2020
— digital version notes

PLAYLISTS

2022
Music Talks episode 170 > a companion playlist
2021
Difficult Listening > says what it does in the cans
2020
On Some Faraway Beach > for a lengthier desert island selection
coming:being:going > Michael Clark Company IG Takeover
— download notes
Pete Shelley: understated
— download notes
PUNK: the first ten minutes
TOO FAST TO LIVE
TOO YOUNG TO DIE
2019
Beyond the Infinite > inner + outer + intra + ultra space
— download notes
2016
Ugly Love > yes, Frank Zappa loves doowop
— download notes
2014
40 Hot Rod Highs > burning up the strip
— download notes
2012
Pop Rock 70 > in the charts, but not for long
— download notes
Von Himmel Hoch > from Krautrock to Kosmische Musik
— download notes
2009
Advanced Progressive (for beginners) > progressive not 'Prog'
— download notes
2008
Songs my first girlfriend made me listen to
— download notes

RADIO

Spizz FM, Mix Cloud, 2019

SHOP

Malcolm Garrett PRODUCT online shop
Love Battery (grey edition) Ltd Edition print
Love Battery (blue edition) Ltd Edition print
What Do I Get? Ltd Edition print
Spiral Scratch Ltd Edition print
Images&Co online shop
F for FACT, 'Reverting to Type' Protest Poster
Go Global Stay Local, DM20 Open_Collab book (5 editions)

SOME WORK

Images&Co Projects
Designs for the music industry, Pinterest
Visions of the New Gold Dream, Priptona
Meister der Typografie, Malcolm Garrett
Orgasm Addict, Malcolm Garrett
Purple at Fred Aldous, Manchester
Ulterior Motifs, SVA Archives
Out of Print, Crafts Council
Buzzcocks Orgasm Addict, Wikipedia
Buzzcocks Orgasm Addict, Naver
Record sleeves for Simple Minds
Buzzcocks Single Sleeves
STEALTH poster

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