ABOUT
When it comes to rock royalty, they don’t get any more regal than The Rolling Stones. Celebrating their 60th anniversary in 2022, the legendary band have sold an estimated 250m records worldwide and in the UK have eight no.1 singles and 13 no.1 albums. Their awards include four Grammys, three MTV Music Awards and nine NME Awards. To honour this most enduringly iconic rock group, Royal Mail have issued 12 special stamps and a range of products. Following our creative collaboration on two previous Royal Mail Music Giants special issues – Queen in July 2020 and Paul McCartney in May 2021 – we were invited to create a visual identity for the Rolling Stones special issue. Working with Royal Mail as well as the band’s archivists, we unearthed 60 years worth of iconic imagery, graphics and ephemera, including countless iterations of the band’s instantly recognisable ‘lick’ icon. Our creative work included designs for the Presentation Pack, First Day Cover, Medals and Medal Covers, Limited Edition Prestige Stamp Book, Hand-stamps and Posters. As Mick and Keith once wrote: send it to me!
Back to Royal Mail Music Giants – The Rolling Stones project
Ben May
Senior Marketing Manager, Catch A Fire Agency
United Kingdom
Deepti Kala
Design Consultant, Freelance
India
Simon Allman
Creative Director, Absolute
United Kingdom
Michael Winokur
Film Director, Union Movie Works
United States
Jane Barges
Junior Designer, Bird&Bird
United Kingdom
Pamela Johnson
3D Interior Designer/Graphic Designer, Pamela Johnson Design
United States
Frankie Caradonna
Director/Editor, Great Guns - Freelance
United Kingdom
Viki
Retoucher, Vikisharp
Poland
Rebecca Aird
Assistant Director, Creative impact ltd
Trinidad and Tobago
Ileana Lapaz
Product Designer, Envoy
Argentina