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Ben Kelly

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Ben Kelly is a British interior designer whose work connects architecture, music and visual culture. A Royal College of Art graduate, he designed the interior of Manchester’s Haçienda nightclub and undertook further projects for Factory Records.

His practice has worked with Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, Virgil Abloh, the V&A, the Science Museum and Gymbox. He also makes installations, with commissions from the Southbank Centre and British Council. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the V&A and British Council.

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Represented across objects dated 1982.

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