How did album covers become an art form all its own? Anton Corbijn looks at one of the medium’s most respected duos in “Squaring The Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis).” Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell’s art design studio Hipgnosis is behind some of the music industry’s most legendary covers, including Pink Floyd‘s “Dark Side Of The Moon.” And while the pair’s visionary work inspired artists around the world,their story wasn’t without its pitfalls.
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- 5/4/2023
- by Valerie Thompson
- The Playlist
It may be the most famous album cover ever created.
The background – black. In the foreground, a shaft of white light pierces a triangular prism and exits separating into brilliant bands of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.
The artwork, as any true rock fan can instantly tell you, is for the 1973 Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon. We know the band, we know the record, but who designed that album cover? It came out of the exceptional British design firm Hipgnosis, the subject of the new documentary Squaring the Circle (the story of hipgnosis). Anton Corbijn directed the film, which made its world premiere over the Labor Day Weekend at the Telluride Film Festival.
“The beauty of white on black [background], with colors, it’s just the simplicity,” Corbijn says of that prismatic design. “I think it’s a beautiful album sleeve, and I think it probably defines the album sleeve.
The background – black. In the foreground, a shaft of white light pierces a triangular prism and exits separating into brilliant bands of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.
The artwork, as any true rock fan can instantly tell you, is for the 1973 Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon. We know the band, we know the record, but who designed that album cover? It came out of the exceptional British design firm Hipgnosis, the subject of the new documentary Squaring the Circle (the story of hipgnosis). Anton Corbijn directed the film, which made its world premiere over the Labor Day Weekend at the Telluride Film Festival.
“The beauty of white on black [background], with colors, it’s just the simplicity,” Corbijn says of that prismatic design. “I think it’s a beautiful album sleeve, and I think it probably defines the album sleeve.
- 9/5/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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