Cerysmatic Factory - a blog, history and archive about Factory Records, the independent record label from Manchester, England
26 May 2017
A flavour of the label
Factory was highly noted for the quality of its graphic design which featured on everything from badges to posters to the records themselves. Once you got past the outer sleeve of a record it didn't stop there though as these 12" and LP labels prove. Central Station's loud and brash design for Happy Mondays is in complete contrast with the Factory Classical branding developed by Peter Saville, Brett Wickens and others.
Central Station showed another side to their talents with the bright and bold FAC 228 for Karl Denver.
Meanwhile, the FAC 257 Getting Away With It label by Peter Saville Associates for Electronic retains only the typography from the sleeve artwork in a minimalist approach.