Thank You Storm

We're sorry to learn and let you know that StormThorgerson has died aged 69. Beginning with UK design group, Hipgnosis, Stormcreated some of the most iconic album artwork of modern music, including coversfor Led Zeppelin, Muse and Pink Floyd. He recently designed a series ofalternative prism designs for the 40^th anniversary of Dark Sideof the Moon, available to view on PinkFloyd's website.

'We first met in our early teens. We would gather at Sheep'sGreen, a spot by the river in Cambridge, and Storm would always be thereholding forth, making the most noise, bursting with ideas and enthusiasm.Nothing has ever really changed. He has been a constant force in my life, bothat work and in private, a shoulder to cry on and a great friend. I will misshim.' - Dave Gilmour

Storm is known for creating surrealist live 'events'painstakingly recorded on camera, with little to no digital manipulation orretouching. His commitment to this method resulted in him arranging 700hospital beds on a beach, floating an inflatable pig over Battersea powerstation and lighting a stuntman on fire, amongst others.

'For the Wish You Were Here cover, we stumbled upon the notion of traces ie: things that indicatepresence but are in themselves insubstantial or not very present. These ideasbecame intermingled with empty gestures, maybe a handshake where people gripyour hand warmly but don't mean too much. From there to absent emotions andthence to people who were absent for fear of being hurt, or burnt, and fromthat to a person on fire.'- Storm Thorgerson, TAKEN BY STORM

We were fortunate to work with Storm on his anthology, TAKENBY STORM, which looks at his art over 40years. You can see him looking through his limited edition by clickinghere. He also helped us createNick Mason's book, INSIDE OUT and redesigned the Genesis logo for our 35^th anniversary in 2009. Wethank him for his lasting contribution to our company and to the art world.