Barney Bubbles’ sleeve for Elvis Costello & The Attractions’ 1979 Radar Records single Accidents Will Happen/Talking In The Dark/Wednesday Week famously took its cue from the title of the lead track by presenting a blank outer with the design on the inside, as if the result of a printer’s error.
Barney Bubbles first produced the the so-called Ridiculous Mask as an analogue interactive element of music press advertising to promote the Ridiculous Roadshow, Hawkwind’s tour of the UK in the winter of 1973-4.
We’re currently sampling for the first apparel collection to appear for sale on the soon-come Barney Bubbles online shop.
Here are some production shots from the making of the forthcoming limited edition A Box Of Bubbles, which houses the new Barney Bubbles monograph and an exclusive folio set of highlights from the designer’ career.
A Box Of Bubbles is a special edition folio of treats published this summer to mark what would have been Barney Bubbles 80th birthday.
The Wild World of Barney Bubbles, is published around the world on June 30 this year by Thames & Hudson.