++ A Box of Bubbles is housed in this impressive 25 x 30cm casing decorated with one of Barney Bubbles’ most familiar artworks, for Ian Dury & The Blockheads’ 1978 single Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick ++

++ The box contains a copy of The Wild World of Barney Bubbles with a different hard cover jacket from the regular version ++

Very exciting – the first advance copy of A Box of Bubbles has arrived… and it looks amazing.

++ The boxed version of Wild World also has different end-papers based on patterns produced for Elvis Costello & The Attractions 1979 LP Armed Forces ++

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Here is exclusive film from the specialist printers which is handling the making of the forthcoming limited edition A Box of Bubbles.

Just 500 copies of A Box of Bubbles will be published this summer; it contains a unique hard cover version of the new monograph The Wild World World of Barney Bubbles along with a folio of reproductions of the late graphic genius’s most innovative and eye-catching artworks.

As this shows, A Box of Bubbles is presented in a clothbound pink solander box, featuring a screen-printed design taken from Barney Bubbles’ legendary artwork for Ian Dury and The Blockheads’ hit single Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick/There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards.

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In collaboration with specialist imprint Volume we’re giving away a copy of the forthcoming special limited edition A Box of Bubbles on Instagram!

For your chance to win, head to our post here and follow the rules to enter. The winner will be chosen on April 19th. Good luck!

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//The clothbound box features screen-printed artwork on the cover and measures 280 x 230mm//

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.

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Welcome to the all-new Barney Bubbles website, the online celebration of the late graphics genius now recognised as one of the world’s greatest designers, particularly for music; his wily and constantly innovative approaches reverberate through the wider fields of art, design and visual culture to this day.

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