The Fool Design Collective
The Fool were a Dutch design collective and band who were influential in the psychedelic style of art in British popular music in the late 1960s. The colorful art draws on many fantastical and mystical themes. The name is a reference to The Fool tarot card.
The original members were Dutch artists Simon Posthuma and Marijke Koger, who were discovered by photographer Karl Ferris among the hippie community on the Spanish island of Ibiza in 1966. He took photographs of clothes designed by them, and sent them to London where they were published in The Times (London) and immediately caused a sensation.
Ferris took The Fool back to London, and together they opened a studio, with the Dutch artists producing clothes and art, and Ferris pursuing photography. Barry Finch and artist Josje Leeger, joined later. All had been involved with Beatles manager Brian Epstein's Saville Theatre.
THE FOOL DESIGNS:
The Hollies 1967 Album Cover of Evolution
The colorful clothes worn by The Hollies on the cover of their 1967 album Evolution were designed by The Fool.
The Apple Record Building Mural and Boutique
Stage costumes and the front cover design for the self-titled 1967 debut LP Move by The Move
Jack Bruce's Fender VI (six-string) bass
Stage costumes and decoration to instruments used by Cream. including Eric Clapton's famed Gibson SG guitar, Jack Bruce's Fender VI (six-string) bass and Ginger Baker's drum kit, created for the group's 1967 tour of the US.
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