British design group Hipgnosis' documentary 'Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)' has been released.
Hipgnosis has been active for about 15 years since 1968 and has created world-famous Pink Floyd's [The Dark Side of the Moon] and album cover art for Genesis, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Paul McCartney.
It opens in art cinemas around the world, but not in Korea. You can watch it streaming on iTunes.
The legendary Pink Floyd's Prism Pyramid album cover appeared in the world in 1973. It also holds the Guinness record for staying on the Billboard charts for 741 weeks.
Pink Floyd's Rick Wright requested 'an image that is clear, elegant, graphic but not photographic'. Inspired by standard physics textbooks, Hipgnosis' Storm Sougerson used prisms to light the important aspects of Pink Floyd's concerts.
It's the perfect graphic representation of the album's name, which symbolizes the fragmentation of the ego. The inlay is a picture of a heartbeat, and the enclosed poster uses a picture of the pyramids Sogerson took himself in Egypt.
As well as taking photos of pigs flying over London's Battersea Power Station for the cover of Pink Floyd's 'Animals' album. Explore the anecdotes behind various legendary album cover designs, such as making a man on fire stand still on the cover of the same band's 'Wish You Were Here' album.
The album cover, influenced by Rene Magritte, looks sophisticated even now. As the LP version declined, Hypnosis was disbanded in 1982, but it is amazing that the LP era is back. After going through the CD and streaming era, it seems that the album cover is attracting attention again as it is reborn as an interior accessory that reveals my taste.
If you are interested, the catalog contains the planning, shooting, and behind-the-scenes stories of all album covers in 2017. 'Vinyl Album Cover Art'Also take a look.
