Factory Records played an integral role in the proliferation of the Madchester Music scene of the mid/late eighties and early nineties, releasing albums from seminal acts such as The Happy Mondays and James. However important their musical output was, one vital element of those influential releases that often gets overlooked is the album artwork. Design collective Central Station was responsible for some of Factory’s more iconic record sleeves. The team consisting of brothers Matt and Pat Carroll and Karen Johnson created images that helped define an era, and the area. Fortunately, their impressive work is no longer being overlooked, as it’s the focal point in an exhibit being held in its native Manchester. The Richard Goodall gallery is hosting the Faç Off exhibition from May 16th to June 21st. The exhibit, named after a promotional T-shirt design created for Factory Records head Tony Wilson, is a retrospective of a quarter of a century’s worth of the trio’s creative output, including a selection of limited edition fine art prints of some of their most iconic work.

Via Creative Review.