Well well, Mr Bill Holding, I am truly sorry if I might have trodden on some toes there by my rather abrupt criticism / dismissal of the sleeve design, and I sincerely regret any upset and consternation that may have been caused by what I wrote earlier but, regardless of whether people behind the band and their packaging post here or not, I still stand by what I said about my opinion of them. I don't really like them because they're just a bit on the boring side. If there hadn't been quite as many predominatly white/helvetica covers as we have had over the last few years then obviously my judgement would have taken on a slightly less jaded tone. I guess much of my scepticism has arisen purely from seeing too many of these aformentioned "white" sleeves! ;)
And yes, as an art teacher with certain aesthetic preferences, I myself am not much of a fan of overt minimalism. I prefer seeing colours! Lots of them! However, that is not to say that I disliked any of the older Factory-period minimalist designs that Peter Saville and associates came up with - they just don't - in my view - compare favourably with some of the more recent sleeve artwork that has come out under the New Order name.
HOWEVER, by way of atoning for my obvious lack of enthusiasm for the "Singles" sleeve and the intricate computerised rendering of the True Faith leaf, I have to say that I do find the new 3-D rendering of the "Unknown Pleasures" cover image as shown on your avatar absolutely fantastic - when I first saw that I thought: "wow - what a brilliant way to bring that image up to date". I would love to see that employed on a physical sleeve design - preferably a 12" cover. It would be simply awesome.
I'm sure you wouldve done that! 
Saville even admitted he's past caring about designing sleeves for the band these days, and lets his little henchmen do the dirty work - but even they're not up to it cos they seem to indebted to Saville's obsession with white. 
