Category: Film

  • 5000-plus followers of the Barney Bubbles Instagram account can’t be wrong

    The Barney Bubbles Estate’s Instagram feed has now gathered more than 5,000 followers and is collecting more every day.

    Presenting a regularly updated and rich mix of design history and ephemera, @barney_bubbles_estate has great engagement. Followers keenly contributing comments and views on the examples of the late graphic artist’s exemplary body of work, from art student sketches to promo videos to rare posters to record sleeve extravaganzas.

    The account also provides news on developments in the wild world of Barney Bubbles; soon there will be trails for a series of major forthcoming collaborations with contemporary artists and designers.

    If you haven’t already join the fun by adding @barney_bubbles_estate today.

  • Accidents Will Happen: The ‘accidental’ single sleeve

    ++ Back of the Accidents Will Happen sleeve ++

    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.

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