British Artist and Film Director, Nick Egan, occupies a distinctive ‘Rock Star’ venerability
in a popular culture that has felt his influence since the early days of the Punk Rock
Revolution.Born in London, Nick attended Watford College of Art and Design , just outside of
London, where he studied Graphic Design, which formed the basis of the visual
language that would connect him with millions and by unintended design make of him; a
Punk Rock Iconoclast. While still at college, he began to design single covers and
posters for the then emerging, now historic bands like The Clash and The Ramones.
His relationship with Bernard Rhodes, manager of The Clash, led to his designing the
landmark album cover for Dexy’s Midnight Runners. He then became involved with
former Sex Pistols manager and fashion entrepreneur Malcolm McLaren, through
which he designed the album artwork for Bow Wow Wow’s - ’See Jungle! See
Jungle!’ which was voted by into the ’Top 100 Album Covers of All Time’ by Rolling
Stone Magazine (No. 10) His long time involvement with McLaren led him to design
artwork for McLaren’s own innovative albums ‘Duck Rock’, ‘Fans’ and ‘Swamp Thing’.
He would go on to design album covers for some of that eras most influential and
recognized bands. He also had a close association with celebrated Film Directors of the
time, Oliver Stone and John Hughes, designing the album covers for Stone’s epic
movies ‘The Doors’ and ‘JFK’ and Hughes logo for his Production Company Hughes
Entertainment. Also during this period, he worked closely with celebrated fashion
designer Vivienne Westwood on her ‘Worlds End’ collections, designing the
invitations and art directing her fashion shows in London and Paris. Egan’s stylistic
vision helped shape the punk aesthetic and shook visual music and fashion culture all the way from The Clash to the present.