Mick Haggerty

Mick Haggerty is an English graphic designer, illustrator, art director, video director and artist. Haggerty has received four Grammy Award nominations for Best Recording Package, and in 1980 was jointly awarded, with Mike Doud, the Grammy for Supertramp's Breakfast in America. He also received a Grammy nomination for Best Music Video (short form) in 1986 for The Daryl Hall and John Oates Video Collection.[1]

Background

Born in England and educated in London at the Central School of Art and the Royal College of Art, he moved to Los Angeles in 1973. During the following decades he produced images for many artists.[2] Starting in 1980 he directed many of the first music videos for artists.[3] His editorial illustration includes covers for Time, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, and New West Magazine. He was a founding partner in various design groups, Art Attack with John Kehe (1975), Neo Plastics with C.D.Taylor (1980) and Brains with Steve Samiof (1994). He served as Art Director at Virgin Records (1992) and Warner Music (2001). Haggerty was a member of the faculty of Otis Parsons School of Design from 1983–91. His work is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.[4]

Notable album covers
gollark: *begins breeding 56 dragons*
gollark: Viewing all breedable dragons, I mean.
gollark: Is there some convenient page for this?
gollark: That reminds me, need to breed my dragons to the AP again.
gollark: We must all aspire to be as widespread as Terrafreaky.

References
  1. "Mick Haggerty". Grammy.com. June 4, 2019.
  2. "Mick Haggerty". Mvdbase.com.
  3. "Mick Haggerty". Discogs.
  4. "Mick Haggerty, Jeff Ayeroff. Album cover for The Police, Ghost in the Machine. 1981 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  5. "ACHOF Featured Album Cover Artist Portfolio – Mick Haggerty". Albumcoverhalloffame.wordpress.com. March 24, 2014.
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