The Wild World of Barney Bubbles is out this summer
My next book, The Wild World of Barney Bubbles, is published around the world this summer by Thames & Hudson.
This is the enhanced and revised third edition of my monograph of the late graphic artist, who died in 1983 and would have been 80 this year.
The first two editions were entitled Reasons To Be Cheerful: The Life & Work of Barney Bubbles, and were published by Adelita in 2008 and 2010.
The Wild World includes updated sections, a 16-page insert of previously unpublished designs and materials relating to Bubbles and a new essay about his relevance in the 21st century by Seattle-based graphic designer Clarita Hinojosa. This appears alongside contributions from Peter Saville, Billy Bragg and Art Chantry.
Hinojosa featured Bubbles on her Design Freaks podcast in 2018. Listen to it here.
I’ll be posting previews of the book over the coming months. Meantime The Wild World of Barney Bubbles is available to order from such great booksellers as Rough Trade and the independents;’ network Bookshop.