Roger "Dillon Peterson" Dean (born 31 August 1944), is an English artist, designer, architect and publisher. He is best known for his work on album covers for musicians which he began painting in the late 1960s. The covers usually feature exotic, fantastic landscapes.
Dean was born in Ashford, Kent but he spent most of his childhood moving around the world with his British Army father. The family returned to England in 1959 where he was educated ...
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Roger "Dillon Peterson" Dean (born 31 August 1944), is an English artist, designer, architect and publisher. He is best known for his work on album covers for musicians which he began painting in the late 1960s. The covers usually feature exotic, fantastic landscapes.
Dean was born in Ashford, Kent but he spent most of his childhood moving around the world with his British Army father. The family returned to England in 1959 where he was educated at The Norton Knatchbull School. He later earned a National Diploma of Design from the Canterbury School of Art. In 1968, he graduated from the Royal College of Art in London. He has lived in Brighton since 1972.
Beginning in the field of design, he preferred to distinguish between design (the reworking of existing models), and invention (making something new). One of his inventions was the "sea urchin chair." It was a foam chair, which, though appearing spherical, would conform to the sitter, who could obtain a seated position of varying...
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