Dark Side of the Moon
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About This Work
Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Signed Limited Edition No. 255/295
Signed by Storm Thorgerson
12 Colour Silkscreen on heavyweight 310gsm Somerset paper
Image Size: 482mm x 482mm
Paper size: 840mm x 635mm
Published: 2000
Printed by Corriander Studio’s
Minor imperfections
One of the best selling albums of all time, Pink Floyds 1973 Dark Side of the Moon has sold over 45 million copies worldwide. The distinctive cover art was designed by British graphic design team Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis, who have long worked on Pink Floyd albums.
The white triangular prism set against a black background with a ray of light refracting through it, is one of the most recognizable images of all time. Although the band’s name and album title do not appear on the cover, the design is universally recognized and synonymous with Pink Floyd. The graphic simplicity and natural essence of their Dark Side prism has sustained 35 years of usage, appearing on apparel, vehicles, buttons, patches, mugs, posters, beach towels, even a British Postage stamp. In essence, now the bands unofficial trademark.
When it came to creating the cover design, Pink Floyd [David Gilmour, Rick Wright, Roger Waters and Nick Mason] had asked for a simple graphic. When Thorgerson and Powell visited Abbey Road during the final sessions for the album, Rick Wright suggested that they break with tradition on their next cover design; 'For God's sake, let's not have another one of your surreal ideas'", recalled Powell. "He also told us how much he liked the packaging on a box of Black Magic chocolates – just black and white”. He considered that a great piece of simple product design.
Storm and Powell apparently left feeling rather starved of inspiration. It was when Powell was leafing through a physics textbook that he stopped at a drawing of a glass paperweight on a piece of sheet music, with light streaming through a window to create a rainbow effect on the paper. Storm saw it and instantly knew ‘that’s it’. With Thorgerson’s idea then sketched onto a piece of paper, he rushed up to Abbey Road Studios, there was no doubt and the band all instantly went, 'Yeah, that's us! That's Pink Floyd.'”
Thorgerson once said “I think the triangle, which is a symbol of thought and ambition, was very much a subject of Roger’s lyrics,”, whose lyrics The Dark Side of the Moon touches on the fragility of the human condition such as mental health, and society's ills like war and greed.
Storm also explained; instead of a simple black line triangle, which he felt was a little dull, he chose a black background and colours for the spectrum, with the prism gesturing a reference to Floyd's light show which had not been touched upon prior to then.
Storm Thorgerson passed away in 2013, but his unmistakeable imagery will live on forever.