Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Design by Hipgnosis and George Hardie
Considering that we still see this design on paraphernalia today, we can safely assume that it’s not only a great design but an extraordinary one at that. Ironically, the band that famously sang “We don’t need no education,” the cover art of their best-selling album is based on a school textbook illustration. Apparently, the band was “bored with the photos” from their previous LP covers and wanted something “smarter.”
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“ The prism represented both the diversity and cleanliness of the sound of the music ,” a designer by the name of Storm Thorgerson explained. He further described how the album cover “ worked for a band with a reputation for their light show. The triangle is a symbol of ambition, one of the themes Roger was concerned with. So you had several ideas coming together .”