Professor Ben Kelly
Faculties, departments and locations
- Kingston School of Art
Professor of Interior Design
- Email:
- [email protected]
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 Kingston University. He graduated from The Royal College of Art in 1974 and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Design from Kingston University in 2000 and an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Art in 2018.
Domains
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 Kingston University. He graduated from The Royal College of Art in 1974 and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Design from Kingston University in 2000 and an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Art in 2018.
Publications
Come Together: Ben Kelly
Kelly, Ben, Crook, Martin and Wren, Andrew, 2022, Midtempo Magazine (4), Published
Meeting Kanye West and designing The Hacienda with Ben Kelly
Kelly, Ben and Dowley, Bryan, 2021, Pirated Radio Podcast, Published
Interview: designer Ben Kelly on his versatile practice & collaborating with Virgil Abloh
Kelly, Ben and Something Curated,, 2017, Something Curated, Published
Foreword: gimme hard copy
Kelly, Ben (2025). In: Brooker, Graeme, (eds.), Abingdon, U.K.: [Published]
Ben Kelly
Kelly, Ben (2022). In: Sorell, John, (eds.)pp 52 [Published]
On Repeat
Kelly, Ben (2025) [Published]
Future Ruins Future Archives: A Short Film by Ben Kelly
Kelly, Ben, Fletcher, Abbe Leigh, Line, Thomas, Gatt, Michael, Rimbaud, Robin, Majid, Mariam, Graça de Paiva, Ana, Parker, Billy, Clerkin, Carl, Nissl, Sebastian, Falkner, David and Prescott, Ben (2024) [Published]
100 Records
Kelly, David (2024) [Published]
Columns / Falling Columns
Kelly, Ben (2024) [Published]
Prints Paintings Poles
Kelly, Ben (2024) [Published]
Aviva Studios
Kelly, David and Brinkworth, (2023) [Published]
Manchestermodern: Past, Present, Future
Kelly, Ben (2023) [Published]
Church Inn
Kelly, David (2022) [Published]
Collection: Launching the British Pop Archive
Kelly, Ben (2022) [Published]
Falling Columns
Kelly, Ben (2022) [Published]
Falmer Cottages
Kelly, Ben (2022) [Published]
Hacienda Landscapes
Kelly, David, Schlumberger, Eugene and Saville, Peter (2022) [Published]
Lockdown #9 Drips and Stripes
Kelly, Ben (2021) [Published]
Use Hearing Protection: The early years of Factory Records
Kelly, Ben (2021) [Published]
COLUMNS: concerning the building of these columns, we have no certain news
Kelly, Ben (2018) [Published]
RUIN
Kelly, Ben and Abloh, Virgil (2017) [Published]
COLUMNS: concerning the building of these columns, we have no certain news
Kelly, Ben (2017) [Published]
Space Electronic: Then and Now
Rossi, Catharine, Kelly, Ben and Fisher, Fiona (2014) [Published]
British design 1948-2012: innovation in the modern age
Kelly, Ben (2012) [Published]
Identity: eight rooms, nine lives
Kelly, Ben (2009) [Published]
The Public: gallery space
Kelly, Ben (2009) [Published]
Design cities
Kelly, Ben (2008) [Published]
Fallon Advertising Agency
Kelly, Ben (2005) [Submitted]
Wonderful: visions of the near future
Ben Kelly Design, David and Cumberlidge, Clare (2004) [Published]
Hometime: eight rooms
Kelly, Ben (2003) [Published]
Web wizards
Kelly, Ben (2002) [Published]
100% Design exhibition
Kelly, Ben (1999) [Published]
True stories
Kelly, Ben, Khera, Paul and Beddoes, Maria (1998) [Published]
Design Council offices
Kelly, Ben (1997) [Published]
The basement
Kelly, Ben (1995) [Published]