COVER TO COVER - Simon Halfon's book
For the first time Simon's body of work has been collated into a premium book, Cover to Cover, celebrating the best of his record sleeves, design work and photography.
As well as beautifully reproduced artwork, it features never before seen photographs and personal ephemera, alongside anecdotes and recollections that tell the stories behind the artwork. It also take a side-step into the fascinating world of film making.
The book itself is the size of an LP, making it a unique and original addition to any collector’s shelf.
The Deluxe Edition is limited to 900 copies. It is signed and numbered from 101-1000 and comes with a sewn hardback cover and silk ribbon marker, with over 250 full-colour pages printed on thick 170gsm satin coated paper.
The slipcased Super Deluxe Edition books were limited to 100 copies and have now sold out.
The books are produced by an award-winning Italian printer, specialising in high-end publications, with strong eco credentials, full FSC certification, and a print process that uses 100% clean energy. Their clients include the world’s biggest publishers, as well as art galleries and museums worldwide.
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Simon is an award-winning graphic designer with a career spanning four decades in the music industry. He is most noted for his work with Paul Weller, George Michael and Oasis having worked with these artists for many years and designed some of their most iconic record sleeves. During this time Simon took a wealth of behind the scenes photographs, most of which are largely unseen.
It's a journey that began at Stiff Records back in 1980, where with no formal training Simon ended up in their art department, before moving on to work for Neville Brody up at The Face magazine offices. Since that time Simon has worked alongside many of the great artists and photographers, from Peter Blake to David Bailey.
Simon's portfolio also takes in design work for The Who, Madness, Steve Winwood, Nick Heyward, David Bowie, Frank Sinatra, the Blue Note label and many more.
In 2007 Simon produced the feature film Sleuth, starring Michael Caine & Jude Law and in 2016 he produced the Oasis feature length documentary Supersonic. Most recently Simon created and produced the punchy comedy/drama series All You Need Is Me.
