Hipgnosis bolo britské dizajnérske štúdio, ktoré bolo špecializované hlavne na výrobu dizajnov hudobných albumov rockových hudobníkov a skupín. Medzi najznámejších klientov tohoto štúdia patrili umelci ako Pink Floyd, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, 10cc a The Alan Parsons Project. Jadro dizajnérskeho štúdia Hipgnosis tvorili Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell, neskôr aj Peter Christopherson. Toto štúdio zaniklo v roku 1983. Storm Thorgerson sa venuje dizajnérskej činnosti dodnes.
V roku 1968 boli Thorgerson a Powel požiadaní kamarátmi zo skupiny Pink Floyd o návrh obalu ich nového albumu A Saucerful of Secrets. Po tejto objednávke im firma EMI dala ďalšie zákazky pre návrhy obalov albumov skupín Free, Toe Fat a The Gods. Thorgerson a Powel boli v tomto období študentmi na Royal College of Art. Po skončení školy boli nútení zariadiť si tmavú komoru v kúpelni u Powella, neskôr v roku 1970 si prenajali priestor, v ktorom si vytvorili štúdio. Názov štúdia pochádza z graffiti, ktoré mali nastriekané na dverách izby. Je slovnou hračkou, ktorá čiastočne pripomína slovko hypnóza (stav nereálnej existencie), v podstate je zloženinou slov Hip+gnostic."[1]
Svoje renomé toto grafické štúdio získalo v roku 1973 návrhom obalu a Dark Side of the Moon, ktorý vyrobilo pre skupinu Pink Floyd. Tento album patrí medzi celosvetovo najrozšírenejšie, na svete má milióny fanúšikov a napríklad stanicou VH1 bol jeho obal v roku 2003 hodnotený ako štvrtý najlepší obal všetkých čias. V priebehu svojej existencie štúdio Hipgnosis okrem väčšiny nasledujúcich albumov skupiny Pink Floyd navrhlo dizajny albumov viacerých legendárnych skupín a sólistov ako boli Led Zeppelin, Genesis, UFO, Black Sabbath, Peter Gabriel a The Alan Parsons Project. Peter Christopherson sa k štúdiu Hipgnosis pripojil v roku 1974.
Powell a Thorgerson boli vyštudovaní filmári a modely, a scény ktoré fotografovali viedli tak aby v scénických pózach vyjadrovali motívy hudobných básnických tém skladieb albumov. Pri výrobe obalov sa v štúdiu Hipgnosis stávalo bežným, že sa neobmedzovalo len na samotný obal, ale aj kolekcie vložených ďalších sérií grafických listov, či plagátov. Štýlom práce sa pri tvorbe návrhov štúdio Hipgnosis pridržiavalo využívaniu fotografii a ich dodatočným úpravám. Patrilo medzi priekopníkov v používaní a zavádzaní nových techník pri manipuláciách, neobvyklými uhlami fotografovania objektov, viacnásobných expozíciách, rôznych kolážach spojených s dodatočným retušovaním v snahe o surrealistické vyjadrenie tém hudobných projektov, ktorých súčasťou sa tvorené obaly stávali. Spôsob ich práce so snímkami sa v súčasnosti dá porovnať s editačnými zásahmi v počítačových programoch ako je napríklad Photoshop.
Year | Artist | Album |
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1968 | Pink Floyd | A Saucerful of Secrets |
1968 | The Gods | Genesis |
1969 | Pink Floyd | Music from the Film More |
1969 | The Gods | To Samuel a Son |
1969 | Pink Floyd | Ummagumma |
1970 | The Greatest Show on Earth (band) | Horizons |
1970 | Pink Floyd | Atom Heart Mother |
1970 | Quatermass | Quatermass |
1970 | The Pretty Things | Parachute |
1970 | The Greatest Show on Earth | The Going's Easy |
1970 | Syd Barrett | The Madcap Laughs |
1970 | The Nice | Five Bridges |
1970 | Toe Fat | Toe Fat |
1970 | Cochise | Cochise |
1970 | Various artists, Harvest Records compilation | Picnic - A Breath of Fresh Air |
1971 | T.Rex | Electric Warrior |
1971 | Toe Fat | Toe Fat 2 |
1971 | Marvin, Welch & Farrar | Marvin, Welch & Farrar |
1971 | The Nice | Elegy |
1971 | Pink Floyd | Meddle |
1971 | Electric Light Orchestra | The Electric Light Orchestra |
1971 | Audience | House on the Hill |
1971 | Edgar Broughton Band | Edgar Broughton Band |
1971 | Wishbone Ash | Pilgrimage |
1971 | Climax Blues Band | Tightly Knit |
1971 | Tear Gas | Tear Gas |
1971 | Stackridge | Stackridge |
1972 | Wishbone Ash | Argus |
1972 | The Nice | Autumn '67 - Spring '68 |
1972 | Renaissance | Prologue |
1972 | Edgar Broughton Band | Inside Out |
1972 | Audience | Lunch |
1972 | The Pretty Things | Freeway Madness |
1972 | Pink Floyd | Obscured by Clouds |
1972 | Blue Mink | A Time of Change |
1972 | Roger Cook | Meanwhile...Back at the World |
1973 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon |
1973 | Roger Cook | Minstrel in Flight |
1973 | Electric Light Orchestra | On the Third Day |
1973 | Edgar Broughton Band | Oora |
1973 | Al Stewart | Past, Present and Future |
1973 | Electric Light Orchestra | ELO 2 |
1973 | Led Zeppelin | Houses of the Holy |
1973 | Audience | You Can't Beat 'em |
1973 | Roy Harper | Lifemask |
1973 | Renaissance | Ashes Are Burning |
1973 | Wishbone Ash | Wishbone Four |
1973 | Wishbone Ash | Live Dates |
1973 | Various artists | Music from Free Creek |
1973 | Humble Pie | Thunderbox |
1973 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Trilogy |
1974 | Sharks | Jab It in Yore Eye |
1974 | Uno | Uno |
1974 | Wishbone Ash | There's the Rub |
1974 | Renaissance | Turn of the Cards |
1974 | Roy Harper | Valentine |
1974 | Roy Harper | Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion |
1974 | Bad Company | Bad Company |
1974 | Genesis | The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway |
1974 | Blue Mink | Fruity |
1974 | Syd Barrett | Syd Barrett |
1974 | 10cc | Sheet Music |
1974 | Pink Floyd | A Nice Pair |
1974 | The Pretty Things | Silk Torpedo |
1974 | UFO | Phenomenon |
1975 | UFO | Force It |
1975 | The Pretty Things | Savage Eye |
1975 | Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here |
1975 | Bad Company | Straight Shooter |
1975 | Renaissance | Scheherazade and Other Stories |
1975 | Roy Harper | HQ |
1975 | Edgar Broughton Band | A Bunch of 45s |
1975 | The Greatest Show on Earth | The Greatest Show on Earth |
1975 | 10cc | The Original Soundtrack |
1975 | Pretty Things | S.F. Sorrow / Parachute, double reissue (UK version only) |
1975 | Al Stewart | Modern Times |
1975 | Wings | Venus and Mars |
1975 | Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias | Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias |
1975 | Caravan | Cunning Stunts |
1975 | Sassafras | Wheelin 'n' Dealin |
1975 | Bob Sargeant | First Starring Role |
1975 | Strife | Rush |
1975 | The Winkies | The Winkies |
1976 | AC/DC | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap |
1976 | Montrose | Jump on It |
1976 | Wings | Wings at the Speed of Sound |
1976 | Al Stewart | Year of the Cat |
1976 | The Alan Parsons Project | Tales of Mystery and Imagination |
1976 | Black Sabbath | Technical Ecstasy |
1976 | Genesis | A Trick of the Tail |
1976 | 10cc | How Dare You! |
1976 | Led Zeppelin | The Song Remains the Same |
1976 | Led Zeppelin | Presence |
1976 | Brand X | Unorthodox Behaviour |
1976 | Wings | Wings over America |
1976 | UFO | No Heavy Petting |
1976 | Wishbone Ash | New England |
1977 | Wishbone Ash | Front Page News |
1977 | UFO | Lights Out |
1977 | Genesis | Wind & Wuthering |
1977 | The Alan Parsons Project | I Robot |
1977 | 10cc | Deceptive Bends |
1977 | Roy Harper | Bullinamingvase |
1977 | Brand X | Moroccan Roll |
1977 | Sammy Hagar | Sammy Hagar |
1977 | Al Stewart | The Early Years |
1977 | Sammy Hagar | Musical Chairs |
1977 | Bad Company | Burnin' Sky |
1977 | Pink Floyd | Animals |
1977 | Electric Light Orchestra | The Light Shines On |
1977 | Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel (I) (aka "Car") |
1977 | Yes | Going for the One |
1977 | Hawkwind | Quark, Strangeness and Charm |
1977 | Status Quo | Live! |
1977 | Strawbs | Deadlines |
1977 | The Moody Blues | Caught Live + 5 |
1978 | Richard Wright | Wet Dream |
1978 | David Gilmour | David Gilmour |
1978 | Styx | Pieces of Eight |
1978 | Todd Rundgren | Back to the Bars |
1978 | XTC | Go 2, |
1978 | Pezband | Laughing in the Dark |
1978 | Yes | Tormato |
1978 | Genesis | …And Then There Were Three… |
1978 | Wishbone Ash | No Smoke Without Fire |
1978 | Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel (II) (aka "Scratch") |
1978 | Al Stewart | Time Passages |
1978 | The Alan Parsons Project | Pyramid |
1978 | Black Sabbath | Never Say Die! |
1978 | Renaissance | A Song for All Seasons |
1978 | UFO | Obsession |
1978 | 10cc | Bloody Tourists |
1979 | UFO | Strangers in the Night |
1979 | Scorpions | Lovedrive |
1979 | The Alan Parsons Project | Eve |
1979 | Bad Company | Desolation Angels |
1979 | Edgar Broughton Band | Parlez-Vous English (as The Broughtons) |
1979 | 10cc | Greatest Hits 1972-1978 |
1979 | Led Zeppelin | In Through the Out Door |
1979 | Brand X | Product |
1979 | Gary Brooker | No More Fear of Flying |
1979 | Steve Hillage | Live Herald |
1979 | Godley & Creme | Freeze Frame |
1979 | UK | Danger Money |
1979 | Mick Taylor | Mick Taylor |
1980 | The Pretty Things | Cross Talk |
1980 | Brand X | Do They Hurt? |
1980 | 10cc | Look Hear? |
1980 | Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel (III) (aka "Melt") |
1980 | Scorpions | Animal Magnetism |
1980 | UFO | No Place to Run |
1980 | Wishbone Ash | Just Testing |
1981 | UFO | The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent |
1981 | Pink Floyd | A Collection of Great Dance Songs |
1981 | Rainbow | Difficult to Cure |
1981 | Nick Mason | Fictitious Sports |
1981 | Roger Meddows-Taylor | Fun in Space |
1981 | Def Leppard | High 'n' Dry |
1981 | Yumi Matsutoya | Sakuban oai shimasho |
1982 | Paul McCartney | Tug of War |
1982 | Rainbow | Straight Between the Eyes |
1982 | The Alan Parsons Project | Eye in the Sky |
1982 | Bad Company | Rough Diamonds |
1982 | Led Zeppelin | Coda |