Barney Bubbles Ian Dury & the Blockheads, 1977 Live Stiffs Tour UK Promotional Poster 60 x 40 in. (152.5 x 101.5 cm.) Backed on linen
Today we present a hitherto unexplored adventure of Barney’s into magazine design; his contribution to 70s music title Let It Rock. Let It Rock’s launch in 1972 coincided with “the first era of post-modernism in pop,” as the late great Ian MacDonald told me in my music press history In Their Own Write. “Music started to be conscious … Continue reading "Let It Rock Magazine and Barney Bubbles"
Barney Bubbles with telephones.
I really enjoyed this session it opened my eyes to different ways of experimenting with type, on the worksheet the decompose box most enlightened me to how far you can put type, until it unreadable.
Barney Bubbles—photo-booth portrait. Downloads don’t make it, nor do CDs—yon footery wee things that look more like drinks coasters or beer mats than containers for works of great music. CDs are too brittle—they easily crack—and can often be hell when trying to remove the inner notes without crease or tear. Only vinyl counts. Only vinyl gives the user the double pleasure of quality sound and quality design work to peruse. When The Beatles started putting thought into the packaging of their albums—hiring artists like Klaus Voorman (Revolver), Peter Blake (Sgt. Pepper’s…) and...
When we think of British graphic design and music packaging, some names spring immediately to mind: Peter Saville, Malcolm Garrett, Hipgnosis. Yet, until recently, the work of Barney Bubbles, a great and noted influence on the work of Saville and Garrett has been ignored.
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Barney in Outer Space is a 1998 direct-to-video Barney Home Video that was released on March 17, 1998. Directed by Fred Holmes and written by Stephen White. Keesha, Robert, Chip, and Kim just joined the astronomy club at school, run by the science teacher, Miss Kepler. The children are eager to...
Barney Bubbles (Colin Fulcher), F-Beat Records. Cover for Elvis Costello and the Attractions 12" single "High Fidelity". 1980. Lithograph. 12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm). Committee on Architecture and Design Funds. 798.2014. Architecture & Design
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A couple of weeks ago Arthur’s Jay Babcock tweeted that he had stumbled upon a fascinating two-page Hawkwind spread while “trolling thru the online International Times archive.” It turns out it wasn’t just any Hawkwind spread, it was a full Hawkwind tarot deck! Here’s a look at the spread, rotated 90 degrees. (If you click on the image, you can see a much larger version.) This spread appeared in Issue 117 of International Times, or IT, which bears a publication date of November 18, 1971, a date that coincides neatly with the release of Hawkwind’s second album,...
In November 1971, design legend Barney Bubbles produced a typically audacious promotional item for Hawkwind’s recently released album X In Search Of Space. Across the centre spread in an issue of underground paper IT, Bubbles worked with Hawkwind lyricist/vocalist Robert Calvert to create a cut-out-and-keep tarot card pack using titles and lyrics from … Continue reading "Cut It Out: The Astounding Story Behind Barney Bubbles’ Hawkwind Galactic Tarot Cards"
Barney Bubbles, incorporating a photograph by Chalkie Davies. Elvis Costello, promo poster, 1978. https://www.rockpaperfilm.com/all-posters/barney-bubbles-elvis-costello-stiff-records-promo-1978/
