Professor Ben Kelly

About

Ben Kelly RDI is one of the UK's most influential designers. He is best known for his interior design of the legendary nightclub, The Haçienda. His practice produced influential work for The Sex Pistols, Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, Factory Records, 4AD, The Science Museum, The Design Council, The V&A, The Natural History Museum, Gymbox and BIMM.

Kelly's installation work has been commissioned by the Vinyl Factory at 180 The Strand, the South Bank Centre and the British Council and his work is held in the permanent collection's of the V&A and the British Council.

Kelly has been extensively awarded for exhibition design, record cover design and interiors.

Kelly is a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) and Professor in Interior Design at 重口味SM. He graduated from The Royal College of Art in 1974 and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Design from Kingston Universityin 2000 and an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Art in 2018. 

Academic responsibilities

Professor of Interior Design

Research

Kelly's installation work has been commissioned by the Vinyl Factory at 180 The Strand, the South Bank Centre and the British Council and his work is held in the permanent collection's of the V&A and the British Council.

Kelly has been extensively awarded for exhibition design, record cover design and interiors.

Kelly is a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) and Professor in Interior Design at 重口味SM. He graduated from The Royal College of Art in 1974 and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Design from Kingston Universityin 2000 and an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Art in 2018. 

Publications

Number of items: 19.

Artefact/Device

[Artist] (2018) (Installation).

[Artist] (2017) (Installation).

Article

[Interviewee], Crook, Martin [Interviewer] and Wren, Andrew [Interviewer] (2022) Midtempo Magazine, 4,

[Interviewee] and Something Curated [Interviewer] (2017) Something Curated,

Design

[Designer] (2009) Interactive design gallery space.

(2005) London, UK : Interior/industrial design.

and Cumberlidge, Clare [Curator] (2004) Exhibition design.

(2003) Interior/industrial design.

[Designer] (1999) Exhibition design.

[Designer], Khera, Paul [Designer] and Beddoes, Maria [Designer] (1998) Exhibition design.

[Designer] (1997) Office building.

[Designer] (1995) Children's gallery.

Exhibition

[Artist] and Abloh, Virgil [Collaborator] (2017) .

[Curator], [Designer] and [Research team member] (2014) 14th International Architecture Exhibition. .

[Designer] (2012) .

[Designer] (2009) .

[Designer] (2008) .

(2002) Design Museum. , London, UK.

Sound Recording

[Interviewee] and Dowley, Bryan [Interviewer] (2021) (Podcast). Pirated Material. (70 min.) (Pirated Radio, no. 12)

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