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The Story of the Iconic Cover Art for Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures
by Decius at 9:38 pm EDT, Oct 16, 2012

Graphic designer Peter Saville tells the fascinating story of the iconic cover art he created for the 1979 Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures. The intriguing graphic, which has turned up on everything from T-shirts to tattoos, is a data visualization of the signal emanating from the first pulsar to be observed by scientists.


 
 
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