Teesside graphic artist designed Oasis merchandise artwork
Dan Wilson says it's been 'surreal' to work on the project
A graphic artist from Teesside says it has been a 'dream come true' seeing his designs on official Oasis merchandise.
The band is set to perform their last two London shows this weekend before they head to Scotland.
Dan Wilson, who is from Middlesbrough, said: "I was approached by Warner, Oasis' label that deals with their merch, and I pitched lots and lots of ideas and five designs went into production. They were used for t-shirts, there's some neon lights, fridge magnets, posters and prints.
"Some of my designs are online and on-sale at the gigs themselves which means they're also featured in the official programme which was designed by Brian Cannon who did all of Oasis' iconic design work, so it's like a lot of massive dreams come true through this project."
Dan added: "I was growing up and Oasis were pretty much everything to me and all of my friends. Oasis came along at the right time and they made us feel proud to be northern, made us feel proud to be working class and made it feel acceptable to be passionate about everything really.
"I was surprised and it was a surreal experience. When I found out it was Oasis that was one of those moments where I was like 'oh my goodness' because this is massive. It's huge. It's not only something that you feel the pressure in that moment but I felt just super honoured to be even be considered.
"There's kind of like a black and white collage of northern Liam, there was some patches that were made based on the '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' album cover. I think one of my favourite designs that kind of went into production, it's got like a CD version of that album with some stars and it's red, white and blue."
Dan said: "My friend Paul is just obsessed with CDs and I thought wouldn't it be funny if I made a version that had a CD on it as a little nod to him just because why not? Funnily enough that's one of the designs that was chosen and it's one I've definitely see a lot of people wearing.
"With any kind of design work you do or anything like that, I think it's those little hidden stories underneath the surface that make designs special. The fact that it makes me think of hanging out with Paul when we were teenagers listening to those albums, so it's just those little moments like that that are special for me."