yesterday the victoria and albert museum in london bought the original artwork of the rolling stones’ iconic red lips and tongue logo at auction. the V&A paid 92,500 USD for the logo after it was put up for sale by british designer john pasche, who designed it in 1970 while he was still a student at the royal college of art – he was paid 50 GBP.
john pasche say he will use the money to finance his sons education, you can find more on the story over on the BBC website and the creative review blog.
the logo was first used on the ‘sticky fingers‘ album insert sleeve, 1971.
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