What does the cover of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures mean? - Radio X

Joy Division’s iconic debut album cover features a strange white-on-black pattern that has appeared on a million t-shirts since 1979. But what actually IS it?

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The Cosmic Waves Behind Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures' Album Cover

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The cover artwork of Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division was designed using a data plot of signals from a radio pulsar : r/JoyDivision

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The Cosmic Waves Behind Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures' Album Cover

In Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division, Peter Hook, bassist for the legendary, groundbreaking band Joy Division, takes readers backstage with the

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