Barney Bubbles

Born: 30th July 1942, Whitton, Middlesex, England. Died: 14 November 1983, London, England Colin Fulcher [aka Barney Bubbles] was a radical English graphic artist, whose work primarily encompassed the disciplines of graphic design, industrial design, typography, painting and music video direction. He is most renowned for his distinctive and often anarchic contribution to the graphic design associated with the British independent music scene during the late 1960s and early 1980s Designer of the iconic red logo for New Musical Express aka NME. (Radically updated in mid 2010).