14: Hipgnosis

For their first episode of 2016, the Poster Boys depart from the world of one-sheets for a quick spin around some of music’s most visually engaging album covers courtesy of the design powerhouse Hipgnosis. From Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, Brandon and Sam explore the prolific career of a small design studio working out of London’s Tin Pan Alley from the late 1960s until the early 1980s. They cap things off with a return to the world of film, where they open up the Flat File and find a surprising amount of unused work for Ron Howard’s 1984 comedy, Splash.

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Little White Lies tumblr Mobil Masterpiece For the Love of Vinyl Taken by Storm Splash blog - Theatrical poster comps

Music selections: “Bass on Titles” opening theme, “The Song Remains the Same” and “The Rain Song” from Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin, “Pigs (Part 1)” from Animals by Pink Floyd, “Love Came for Me’ by Rita Coolidge from the Splash Motion Picture Soundtrack, 10cc - “I’m Not in Love” from The Original Soundtrack by 10cc.

Follow Brandon Schaefer at @seekandspeak, and Sam Smith at @samsmyth.

Special thanks to producer Adrian Cobb and to our presenting partner, AIGA’s Eye on Design blog.