Aubrey Powell - Hipgnosis

<p>Aubrey Powell - Hipgnosis - in conversation with David Eastaugh - promoting his new book Through the Prism: Untold Rock Stories from the Hipgnosis</p> <p>British <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_designer'>graphic designer</a>. He co-founded the album cover design company <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipgnosis'>Hipgnosis</a> with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Thorgerson'>Storm Thorgerson</a> in 1967. The company ran for 15 years until 1982, and created some of the most acclaimed record cover art of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s for many of the most famous rock bands of the era including <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd'>Pink Floyd</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin'>Led Zeppelin</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney'>Paul McCartney</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_(band)'>Yes</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(band)'>Genesis</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10cc'>10cc</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gabriel'>Peter Gabriel</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Company'>Bad Company</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson,_Lake_%26_Palmer'>Emerson, Lake & Palmer</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpions_(band)'>Scorpions</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx_(band)'>Styx</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Barrett'>Syd Barrett</a>, and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sabbath'>Black Sabbath</a>. The company was nominated five times for Grammy Awards.</p>