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[[Image:Butterflies.jpg|thumb|right|Butterflies and Hurricanes single CD cover designed by Storm]]
'''Storm Thorgerson''' is an English graphic designer who designed lots of artworks for music groups such as [[Pink Floyd]], [[Dream Theater]] and [[The Mars Volta]]. The famous cover for Pink Floyd's ''Dark Side of the Moon'' was designed by him, and his trademark is mixing surreal elements with reality and placing everyday objects out of their context.
Storm Thorgerson is an English graphic designer who designed lots of artworks for music groups such as [[Pink Floyd]], [[Dream Theater]] and [[The Mars Volta]]. The famous cover for Pink Floyd's ''Dark Side of the Moon'' was designed by him.
 
For Muse, he has designed the covers for [[Absolution (album)|Absolution]] (2003, picture taken on location: Buntingford, Essex), the [[Butterflies and Hurricanes (single)|Butterflies & Hurricanes single]] (2004, Baldock, Hertfordshire) and [[Black Holes and Revelations (album)|Black Holes and Revelations]] (2006, Bardenas, Spain), as well as the cover for the ''[[Uprising (single)|Uprising'' single]] in 2009.
 
He also contributed to the design of the [[Hysteria (single)|Hysteria]] CD and DVD single sleeve with Dan Abbott in 2003, and he designed in 2006 an alternate cover for the [[Supermassive Black Hole (single)|Supermassive Black Hole single]], but in the end the one designed by [[Jasper Goodall]] was used instead. It was included, along with the other covers made for Muse, in his retrospective book ''Taken By Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson'', in which [[Matthew Bellamy]] wrote the foreword.
 
==Storm Thorgerson Gallery==
<ul class="col"><li><p class="gu" style="font-size:1.3em">'''Display gallery »'''</p></li>
<li class="di"><gallery>
Image:absolution.jpg|Absolution cover art
Image:Absolution_dvdcover.jpg|Absolution DVD cover art
Image:DSC06870.JPG|Absolution vinyl cover art
Image:Hysteriacdcover.jpg|Hysteria CD cover art
Image:Hysteria_DVD_Cover.JPG|Hysteria DVD cover art
Image:Butterflies.jpg|Butterflies and Hurricanes CD cover art
Image:bahvinylca.jpg|Butterflies and Hurricanes vinyl cover art
Image:BaH_DVD.jpg|Butterflies and Hurricanes DVD cover art
Image:MU sfc SuperMassiveBH.jpg|Rejected Supermassive Black Hole CD cover art
Image:Black Holes and Revelations cover art.jpg|Black Holes and Revelations cover art
</gallery></li></ul>


For Muse, he designed the covers for [[Absolution (album)|Absolution]], the [[Butterflies and Hurricanes (single)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]] single and [[Black Holes and Revelations (album)|Black Holes and Revelations]], as well as the cover for the [[Uprising (single)|Uprising]] single.


He also designed an alternate cover for the [[Supermassive Black Hole (single)|Supermassive Black Hole]] single, but in the end the one designed by [[Jasper Goodall]] was used instead. It was included, along with the other covers made for Muse, in his retrospective book ''Taken By Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson''.


==See also==
==See also==
*[http://stormthorgerson.com/ Official site]
*[http://stormthorgerson.com/ Official site]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Thorgerson Wikipedia article]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Thorgerson Wikipedia article]

Revision as of 15:21, 16 September 2009

Storm Thorgerson is an English graphic designer who designed lots of artworks for music groups such as Pink Floyd, Dream Theater and The Mars Volta. The famous cover for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was designed by him, and his trademark is mixing surreal elements with reality and placing everyday objects out of their context.

For Muse, he has designed the covers for Absolution (2003, picture taken on location: Buntingford, Essex), the Butterflies & Hurricanes single (2004, Baldock, Hertfordshire) and Black Holes and Revelations (2006, Bardenas, Spain), as well as the cover for the Uprising single in 2009.

He also contributed to the design of the Hysteria CD and DVD single sleeve with Dan Abbott in 2003, and he designed in 2006 an alternate cover for the Supermassive Black Hole single, but in the end the one designed by Jasper Goodall was used instead. It was included, along with the other covers made for Muse, in his retrospective book Taken By Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson, in which Matthew Bellamy wrote the foreword.

Storm Thorgerson Gallery

  • Display gallery »


See also