Barney Bubbles (30 July 1942 – 14 November 1983) was a graphic designer best known for his distinctive contribution to record sleeve design. Bubbles graduated from the Twickenham College of Technology, in London, before learning his craft as a graphic designer working with the likes of Michael Tucker + Associates and the Conran Group, before setting up the art group A1 Good Guyz with like-minded friends David Wills and Roy Burge in 1965. The trio organised various happenings and light shows across London before Bubbles started producing design work for Oz magazine in 1968.
By 1969, Bubbles had set up his own graphic studio Teenburger Designs on Portobello Road, where he began his highly successful design career. Over the next fourteen years, Bubbles produced memorable, eye-catching and popular record designs for Hawkwind, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, The Damned, Lene Lovich and The Soft Toys. Just when Bubbles should have been getting the praise, recognition and superstardom his genius as a designer deserved, his career faltered and his designs started being rejected by his once loyal record labels and artists. Bubbles suffered from bi-polar disorder and the rejection devastated him, which tragically led to his suicide in November 1983. For more information please visit www.eyemagazine.com
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As a graphic designer I have been influenced by many things: books, films, fellow creatives, music and my favourite - ephemera.
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September 2019
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