Barney Bubbles

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Band practice [EXTRACT]

Issue 107, Winter 2025

Review

Few authors have taken the trouble to research and document the dark art of the rock band logo …

In search of Barney Bubbles

Issue 6, Spring 1992

Feature

He was a pioneer of British graphics, but he refused to sign his own work

Recent blog posts about Barney Bubbles

The Griffin singularity

6 August 2024
Music design, Photography, Visual culture

Designers John Warwicker and Alex McDowell pay tribute to the extraordinary photographer Brian Griffin (1948-2024)

Brian Griffin was a singularity; an odd fish from the Black Country, out of water and on his bike …

Books received #11

7 November 2014
Graphic design, Photography, Typography, Visual culture

Paul Graham, Rian Hughes, Modern Toss, The Art of Noir and Nude’s take on underground graphics
Here are a few books that have caught our attention in recent weeks. Paul Graham’s…

Reasons to be cheerful, part 2

18 December 2008
Design history, Graphic design, Illustration, Music design, Technology, Typography, Visual culture

A message from Barney Bubbles in the small print? Or just Ian?

I received an exciting package through the post the other day, a mint copy of Ian Dury’s ‘What A Waste’