HOUSE ARREST Burn Down The House!!
Record Sleeve
1987 (made)
1987 (made)
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12-inch record sleeve for the double A-side single 'HOUSE ARREST Burn Down The House!!' and 'Jack's Back To Front Line' recorded by Krush. The cover design features the Mercedes Benz symbol, in bright orange, white and grey, on a dark ground.
Object details
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| Title | HOUSE ARREST Burn Down The House!! (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithography with spot varnish |
| Brief description | 12-inch record sleeve for the double A-side single 'HOUSE ARREST Burn Down The House!!' and 'Jack's Back To Front Line' recorded by Krush. Designed by the Designers Republic. Issued by Fon Records, England, 1989. |
| Physical description | 12-inch record sleeve for the double A-side single 'HOUSE ARREST Burn Down The House!!' and 'Jack's Back To Front Line' recorded by Krush. The cover design features the Mercedes Benz symbol, in bright orange, white and grey, on a dark ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lettered with titles, credits and 'Sleeve Design & Artwork Commited [sic] in the Designers Republic'. |
| Credit line | Given by The Designers Republic |
| Historical context | In the late 1980s, there was a fashion for appropriating famous-name 'designer' labels and corporate trademarks for use on cheap imitation goods. Many were used as motifs in clothing patterns and in costume jewellery. In conversation with Kevin Edge in 1990, Ian Anderson (of the Designers Republic) stated that the appearance of the Mercedes Benz three-pointed star on E.746-1990 was inspired by a shirt which used the symbol repeatedly to create a pattern. In this context it is used by the Designers Republic to parallel the appropriation of actual Volkswagen car radiator badges worn as pendants by the American rap music duo The Beastie Boys and their followers. |
| Bibliographic reference | Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. |
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| Accession number | E.746-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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