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One Thousand Years of Trouble

Design Sketch
1987 (made)
Artist/Maker
Designers Republic (design agency)
Anderson, Ian (designer)
Phillips, Nick (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Camera-ready design artwork for the cover sleeve of 'One Thousand Years of Trouble', recorded by the group Age of Chance for Virgin Records Ltd.. Consisting of board support, bromide prints, film over-lay, annotated tracing sheet over-lay and protective acetate sheet with a Designers Republic label.

Object details

Categories
Designs
Labels & Packaging
Object type
Design Sketch
TitleOne Thousand Years of Trouble
Materials and techniques
Pencil, felt-tipped marker, tracing sheet, acetate and PMT (photomechanical transfer)
Felt Tipped Pen
Tracing Paper
Pencil
Sketching
Photomechanical Processes
Brief description
Design sketches for the cover sleeve of 'One Thousand Years of Trouble', recorded by the group Age of Chance for Virgin Records Ltd.. Consisting of board support, bromide prints, film over-lay, annotated tracing sheet over-lay and protective acetate sheet. By Ian Anderson and Nick Phillips (of the Designers Republic), England, 1987.
Physical description
Camera-ready design artwork for the cover sleeve of 'One Thousand Years of Trouble', recorded by the group Age of Chance for Virgin Records Ltd.. Consisting of board support, bromide prints, film over-lay, annotated tracing sheet over-lay and protective acetate sheet with a Designers Republic label.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75cm
  • Width: 51cm
Measurements taken from Registry File.
Marks and inscriptions
  • There are annotations on the tracing sheet over-lay.
  • There is a Designers Republic label on the protective sheet.
Credit line
Given by The Designers Republic
Object history
For related artwork see: E.839, 841, 843 to 845 and 856-1990.
For a printed cover sleeve, inner-sleeve and record see E.789 to 791-1990.
Associated objects
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.854-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O189289/one-thousand-years-of-trouble-design-sketch-designers-republic/
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