John Pasche

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The Rolling Stones' "Tongue and Lip Design" logo;
mistakenly believed by many to have been designed by Andy Warhol, was actually designed by John Pasche.

John Pasche is an art designer, most famous for designing the "Tongue and Lip Design" logo for the popular band The Rolling Stones.^[1]

[edit] Education

John Pasche completed his B. A. in Graphic Design from the Brighton College of Art during the period of 1963-1967. He completed his M. A. at the Royal College of Art in London from 1967-1970.^[2]

[edit] Work

[edit] Royal College of Art

At the Royal College of Art, John Pasche created a film poster for Judex in 1969. He also created a film poster, in 1970, for Roger Vadim's film And God Created Woman. He made the poster for a Stamp Design Seminar held at the Royal College of Arts in 1970. ^[1]

[edit] Musical industry

Design for "She's So Cold" single sleeve.

For The Rolling Stones, Pasche designed the "Tongue and Lip Design" logo in 1971, which was originally reproduced on the Sticky Fingers album. He also designed posters for many Rolling Stones tours; namely the European tours of 1970 and 1973, and the American tour of 1972. He made a promotional sticker for Goats Head Soup, and the single sleeve for the single "She's So Cold".^[1]

For the United Artists, Pasche has done considerable design work. Among these he has designed album and single sleeves, as well as concert posters for The Stranglers; The Raven (1979), The Stranglers IV (1979), La Folie (1981), Live (X Cert) (1979), "Duchess" (1979) and "Peaches" (1979). He created the single disc picture for Fischer-Z's "The Worker" (1979) and the album cover for Going Deaf For A Living (1980). He made the album cover for The Vapors 1980 album New Clear Days, as well as a 1979 Dr. Feelgood single.^[1]

Apart from this, he has also done some work for Chrysalis Records; mainly for Art of Noise (1985-87), Les Enfants (1985), Innocence (1990), Into Paradise (1991), Kingmaker (1991) and Jethro Tull (1987).^[1]

His freelance work includes designs for noted performers like Jimi Hendrix (1977), Judas Priest (1975), David Bowie (1976), The Who (1975), and the Bay City Rollers (1975).^[1]

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