David Bowie exhibition opens at the Southbank Centre

This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of music’s great album covers, and the Southbank Centre is taking a look at the creative process that went into making it.As a display it puts the album cover into its context, explaining why it was so memorable when it came out, and the social landscape of the time.
As the exhibition explains, although the arrival of the 12″ LP allowed for larger designs on record covers, the music firms stuck to simple designs, often to cut costs but also