All I try to do is represent the music. This is a difficult thing to do. I’ve only got a small surface to work on, and I can’t really represent forty minutes of music. I don’t have duration. I only have a moment to represent the music. I have to use shorthand.

- Storm Thorgerson (on creating album covers)

Scratching the Surface is a collection of essays and journalism by Adrian Shaughnessy, focusing mainly on graphic design. Essays include: ‘2012 Olympic logo ate my hamster’; ‘Vaughan Oliver – minotaurs in suburban England’; and ‘The myth of originality and the joy of copying’.

Paperback
170x225mm
400 pages
ISBN 978-0-9575114-0-8

Design: Spin

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 Update:

Adrian replied to our tweet on the pre-order of his book!

 The legendary Storm Thorgerson passed away on April 19, 2013 after a lengthy battle with cancer.

The British artist and graphic designer – who created iconic album covers for such bands as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis and Phish – has been (and continues to be) a great inspiration for our work here at Dzynestudio.

His work – ranging from canvas art to surrealist compositions to outright eccentric & psychedelic patterns – was one of a kind, not only in its creation but also in its appeal.

Storm – and his fertile, imaginative mind – will be missed. RIP, you crazy diamond.

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