Directed by Kingston University’s Professor Ben Kelly Future Ruins, Future Archives is a new short film that visually excavates and explores five decades of cultural innovation and personal ephemera now held in the Ben Kelly Design Archive (1971-2016) at Kingston University.
The film was launched on 2 May 2024 with a special preview screening at Reference Point in central London and is now available to watch online.
Professor Ben Kelly RDI
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 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.
Film credits:
Produced by winc films, Stanley Picker Gallery & Kingston School of Art
Ben Kelly, Director
Abbe Leigh Fletcher, Producer
Thomas Line, Director of Photography
Michael Gatt, Sound Recording & Sound Design
Robin Rimbaud/Scanner, Original Music Soundtrack
Fleeta J. Siegel, Editor
Mariam Majid, 1st Assistant Director
Ana Graça de Paiva, Production Assistant
Billy Parker, BKD Research Administrator
Carl Clerkin, Production Design
Sebastian Nissl, Project Coordinator
David Falkner, Executive Producer
Graphics, Ben Prescott Design