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Hipgnosis
UK art design group
Formé en 1967 · Séparé en 1982
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Bio
Hipgnosis est le nom d'un collectif de graphisme britannique formé en 1968. Il travaille dans le domaine du design graphique (photographies, illustrations). Le groupe a rapidement acquis une notoriété internationale grâce à la création de pochettes d'albums novatrices pour des groupes de rock progressif au cours des années 1970, notamment Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis et Led Zeppelin.
Hipgnosis est à l'origine composé de Storm Thorgerson et Aubrey Powell, auxquels vient s'ajouter Peter Christopherson en 1974. Au cours des années, le collectif d'artistes emploie de nombreux assistants et des designers freelance. Il se sépare en 1983, mais Thorgerson continue à travailler sur les pochettes des albums de Pink Floyd.
La pochette de A Saucerful of Secrets fut la première création d'Hipgnosis, en 1968.
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Hipgnosis were an English art design group, based in London, that specialised in creating album cover artwork for rock musicians and bands. Their commissions included work for Pink Floyd, Def Leppard, T. Rex, the Pretty Things, Black Sabbath, Wishbone Ash, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, the Nice, Paul McCartney & Wings, the Alan Parsons Project, Yes, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Electric Light Orchestra, Rainbow, Styx and Al Stewart.
Hipgnosis consisted primarily of Cambridge natives Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, and later Peter Christopherson. The group dissolved in 1983, though Thorgerson worked on album designs until his death in 2013. Powell has worked with Paul McCartney and the Who in film and video production, and as the creative director for both Pink Floyd and their lead guitarist David Gilmour. Christopherson went on to produce music videos for many bands and shot some of the earliest promotional photography for the Sex Pistols, but worked primarily as an electronic musician in the bands Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV and Coil until his death in 2010.
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