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Record Sleeve

ca.1984 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dindisc (Issuer)
Ben Kelly (designer)
Peter Seville (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Lithograph printed in black and orange with stamped cut-out pattern

Object details

Category
Advertising
Object type
Record sleeve
Materials and techniques
Lithograph printed in black and orange with stamped cut-out pattern
Lithograph
Brief description
Record Sleeve, designed by Ben Kelly and Peter Saville, Issued by Dindisc, 1980-1981, Great Britain
Physical description
Lithograph printed in black and orange with stamped cut-out pattern
Gallery label
RECORD SLEEVE: ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES
IN THE DARK
Designed by Ben Kelly (British, born 1949) and
Peter Seville (British, born 1955)
Issued by Dindisc, Great Britain, 1980/1
Lithograph printed in black and orange with stamped
cut-out pattern
E.2301,2-1990

The punched metal-like grille is a quotation from the
door of the shop Ben Kelly designed for the Paul Howie
Shop, Covent Garden, in 1977. It was an early example
of the use of the vocabulary of high-tech in a retail
outlet.
Credit line
Given by Brett Wickens (Peter Saville Associates)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2302-1990

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Record createdMarch 27, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O148309/record-sleeve-ben-kelly/
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