Best Hipgnosis Album Covers: 20 Must-See Artworks From Pink Floyd To Led Zeppelin
Towering above their contemporaries as the giants of graphic design in the music industry, there are few who have left an artistic footprint as huge as Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell of English design group Hipgnosis. Founded in , Hipgnosis revolutionised the concept of album artwork for the rock’n’roll era, with the best Hipgnosis album covers transforming the record sleeve from a merely utilitarian piece of packaging into an integral part of the listening experience itself.
The duo’s surreal, mind-bending designs for rock legends such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Yes have gone on to become iconic works of art in their own right – eye-catching images that transcend their original purpose of providing the perfect visual complement to the boundary-pushing sounds blasting from listener’s speakers.
Here, then, is our list of the best Hipgnosis album covers: ingenious and enduring creations from the minds of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell.
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Graphic designer Storm Thorgerson is probably best known as the artist behind almost every one of Pink Floyd&#;s album covers, but his contributions to music go beyond his work for the legendary rock band.
He and his design group Hipgnosis, which he co-founded alongside Aubrey Powell, crafted eye-grabbing album art for so many acts across the rock genre. Here are six of the iconic covers designed by the artist who passed away on this day (April 18) in
The most iconic of his covers is, no doubt, that of Pink Floyd&#;s album, The Dark Side of the Moon. Depicting a prism and a beam of light against an all-black background, the simple, yet memorable image says so much.
&#;It related mostly to a light show,&#; Thorgerson told Rolling Stone of the idea behind the classic cover. &#;The other thing was the triangle. I think the triangle, which is a symbol of thought and ambition, was very much a subject of Roger’s [Waters] lyrics. So the triangle was a very useful – as we know, obviously – was a very useful icon to deploy and making it into the prism – you know, the prism belonged to the Floyd.&#;
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Storm Thorgerson: How I Designed the Cover of &#;Dark Side of the Moon&#;
The principal creators of Pink Floyd&#;s masterpiece The Dark Side of the Moon all spoke with Rolling Stone senior writer Brian Hiatt. In this conversation with Storm Thorgerson, the band&#;s graphic designer explains how he created the record&#;s iconic cover.
At what point were you introduced to the Dark Side material? Did you go to the shows where they played it or did you hear some of the demos?
I heard a bit in the studio. I don’t have much to say about music. Usually I like it, and I just absorb it. I don’t have much to say, and they ain’t let me say anything anyway. They say “For God’s sake, Storm, do not harm our song. Do not murder our tune.” So I never say anything, really, about the music. I just let it go over, really, I suppose. It’s my job to reinterpret it, really. So it doesn’t really matter what I think, it matters what comes out the other end. And with Dark Side it was very much about the madness of the lyrics and about something that Rick said to me. He said “Could we not have one of your funny pictures, Storm
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The principal creators of Pink Floyd&#;s masterpiece The Dark Side of the Moon all spoke with Rolling Stone senior writer Brian Hiatt. In this conversation with Storm Thorgerson, the band&#;s graphic designer explains how he created the record&#;s iconic cover.
At what point were you introduced to the Dark Side material? Did you go to the shows where they played it or did you hear some of the demos?
I heard a bit in the studio. I don’t have much to say about music. Usually I like it, and I just absorb it. I don’t have much to say, and they ain’t let me say anything anyway. They say “For God’s sake, Storm, do not harm our song. Do not murder our tune.” So I never say anything, really, about the music. I just let it go over, really, I suppose. It’s my job to reinterpret it, really. So it doesn’t really matter what I think, it matters what comes out the other end. And with Dark Side it was very much about the madness of the lyrics and about something that Rick said to me. He said “Could we not have one of your funny pictures, Storm
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