The first inspiration comes from my early days as a design student. I remember being blown away by the work of Barney Bubbles a graphic designer from the early seventies.
Whilst I loved the work of Jamie Reid and the whole punk asthetic, what opened my mind with Barney’s work was his inventive use of the medium.
As with this Ian Dury & The Blockheads single for example. He didn’t just apply witty graphics to a record sleeve, he made record sleeves out of different pieces of wallpaper and screenprinted the graphics on top, making them instantly collectable, and arguably one of the best covers to define the punk era. Brilliant.
