For The Love Of Vinyl The Album Art Of Hipgnosis

Formed by storm thorgerson and aubrey powell in london in 1968 with the addition of throbbing gristle s peter christopherson in 1974 hipgnosis specialized in creative photography for the music business making classic album covers for bands and musicians like pink floyd led zeppelin.

For the love of vinyl the album art of hipgnosis.

The album art of hipgnosis for al s time passages we showed a radio being tuned on the shelf of a kitchen window but at the same time tuning the view of the landscape outside the window. Hipgnosis was the biggest and best graphic design firm for the biggest and best bands of the 60s and 70s. For the love of vinyl the album art of hipgnosis chromant. Hipgnosis was the biggest and best graphic design firm for the biggest and best bands of the 1960s and 1970s.

Formed by storm thorgerson and aubrey powell in 1968 hipgnosis was a graphic design studio specializing in creative photography and working mainly in the music business designing album covers for many rock n roll bands including pink floyd led zeppelin genesis 10cc yes peter gabriel black. Hipgnosis was the biggest and best graphic design firm for the biggest and best bands of the 60s and 70s. For the love of vinyl. By aubrey powell storm thorgerson 1999.

100 best album covers. By aubrey powell 1994. Their first cover was pink floyd s 1968 album a saucerful of secrets and their last was led zeppelin s coda released in 1982. Hipgnosis is the beatles of album cover art nobody has ever done it better than the british design firm founded by storm thorgerson and aubrey powell.

As storm thorgerson stated in for the love of vinyl. Specialising in creative photography for the music business they designed album covers for bands and musicians like pink floyd led zeppelin electric light orchestra black sabbath paul mccartney scorpions and many others. Custom keeper a4 traveler s notebook syle vinyl journal cover duration. The album s front and back cover were designed by hipgnosis.

But i am getting ahead of myself. The album art of hipgnosis by storm thorgerson and aubrey powell is quite simply the most engaging and entertaining design book i have read all year. For the love of vinyl the album art of hipgnosis. By aubrey powell storm thorgerson 2008.

Hipgnosis was the design firm of choice for the biggest and best bands of the classic rock era. To understand why this book hits all the right sweet spots we have to travel back in time. Formed by storm thorgerson and aubrey powell in london in 1968 with the addition of throbbing gristle s peter christopherson in 1974 hipgnosis specialized in creative photography for the music business making classic album covers for bands and musicians like pink f. There s quite a bit of poetry in.