VIDEO ART INSTALLATION Commissioned by female Art collective The Prada Meinhof Gang Exhibited at Tate Britain

IMPROVISED EXPERIMENTAL ART FILM No crew, script, designers, stylists or make-up dept Blurring fact with fiction, characters play their own names, film each other and collaborate on storylines

TV COMMERCIAL Selection of spots for Escapology album campaign

MUSIC VIDEO Carl makes an appearance as a mother is on her way give birth to something strange Shot entirely in a maternity ward this film was banned in Germany for resembling a torture scene

TV COMMERCIAL TV spot starring Phil and Bono, shot on the roof of The Peninsula Hotel in Santa Monica

MUSIC VIDEO Todd makes an appearance as a judge in a very busy dance competition The soundtrack to a Guinness commercial, this was first video shot in the UK on HD

TV COMMERCIAL Spot for classic hits album

MUSIC VIDEO An exercise in post-production, Robert’s cool performance is fused with vintage period footage Myriad scenes of True Love are reconstructed with a guest appearance in each.

TV COMMERCIAL Spot for leading Dance compilation

MUSIC VIDEO A mini road-movie shot at Dungeness, in this film The Levellers look dead good Juxtaposed with with freaks, they look like they’re on a trip somewhere in the States

TV COMMERCIAL Spot for leading Dance compilation

MUSIC VIDEO A revealing film starring Marti and a very sexy young lady Filmed at a fabulous house over-looking the bay at Antibes, Marti looks better than ever with and without his clothes

MUSIC VIDEO One of Andy’s biggest hits given a tongue-in-cheek twist He looks attractive. She looks seductive

TV COMMERCIAL Spot for a new way to buy music

TV COMMERCIAL Test commercial for Japanese beer Sapporo

TV COMMERCIAL Spot for eBay’s predecessor

TV COMMERCIAL Spot for Hip-Hop fashion brand

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StreetSounds Electro 1 sold 60,000 units and entered the national chart at 18 The bold graphic style and copyline ELECTRO IS AURAL SEX are the stuff of legend

The StreetSounds logo changed but the style remained the same This series was ground-breaking in just about every way

StreetSounds’ covers reflected contemporary culture

Emerging artist Jason Bratby painted this image

StreetSounds inspired many compilations Artist Jason Bratby painted this wall

Anton Corbijn and I went to Dublin with Zucchero We photographed him on the streets and in a gyspy caravan

I went to meet Paul as he rehearsed at Elstree studios He stopped performing, came and sat with me and we discussed the special packaging for this project Then he went back on stage.

I wanted to create something iconic for this cover and found an old school carver From our design he carved a piece of wood then we painted it

This record was a huge hit Martin Vinter Jackson did the illustration

We referenced wood carving from the Anything album on the singles sleeves

Bob Carlos Clarke took this photo It’s haunting and beautiful I found a calligrapher to do the rest

Sharon asked me to come up with an idea for this album cover Ozzy as Jesus sprung to mind Bob Carlos Clarke took the photo This image is featured in lots of “Best Ever Album Sleeve” books

This one speaks for itself Robert is untouchable

Flaming June seemed the perfect image for the project I spent a week talking with Malcolm in his suite at The Westbury off Bond Street He never got out of bed As ever he was ahead of the curve with Voguing

The singles sleeves from Waltz Darling all referenced the colours and spirit of the album

I worked closely with Dave on this image and brought in Luke & Paul from Insect (who I’d previously hired fresh from Art school) Paul Insect has gone on to be a Street Art Super Star

I’ve included this as it was a bit of fun Just goes to show that a kooky cover of a timeless song can still work wonders

I took photographer Michael Roberts to the depths of Gloucestershire We photographed the band in a field Then set fire to the field