Storm Thorgerson who died in April 2013 was particularly famous for designing what?
"apartment with Storm Thorgerson where they conceived the idea of Hipgnosis, and in 1968 they produced their first album cover, for Pink Floyd's ""A Saucerful of Secrets"". A studio was acquired at 6 Denmark Street in Soho and Hipgnosis thrived as one of the best-known photo design companies of the era. By the early 1980s, Hipgnosis had diversified into advertising, designing and producing campaigns for Peugeot, Kronenbourg 1664, Levi Jeans, Volvo, Gillette, Stella Artois, Rank Xerox and The Beatles. Progressing from photo design to moving pictures, Powell, Thorgerson and Peter Christopherson started Greenback Films in 1982, shooting music videos for"
"Thorgerson. It is now known as the Storm Thorgerson Grand Design Award and will be given to the designer of the year's best-packaged product. Thorgerson had won the 2012 award for his continued work with Pink Floyd. In 2003, Thorgerson suffered a stroke, from which he was partially paralysed. He was later diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer, which he battled for several years, but which eventually led to his death in London on 18 April 2013, at the age of 69. After Thorgerson's death, David Gilmour released a statement describing him as ""a constant force in my life,"
"Storm Thorgerson Storm Elvin Thorgerson (28 February 1944 – 18 April 2013) was an English graphic designer and music video director. He created work for artists including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Phish, Black Sabbath, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Yes, Muse, and Ween. Thorgerson, who was of Norwegian descent, was born in Potters Bar, Middlesex (now part of Hertfordshire), and he attended Summerhill School, Brunswick Primary School in Cambridge, and the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys with Pink Floyd founders Syd Barrett, who was in the year below him, and Roger Waters, who was in the year above him. Thorgerson and Waters"
"both at work and in private, a shoulder to cry on, and a great friend"". A post on the official Pink Floyd website called him a ""graphic genius"". Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason said that he was a ""tireless worker right up to the end"". Storm Thorgerson Storm Elvin Thorgerson (28 February 1944 – 18 April 2013) was an English graphic designer and music video director. He created work for artists including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Phish, Black Sabbath, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Yes, Muse, and Ween. Thorgerson, who was of Norwegian descent, was born in Potters Bar, Middlesex (now part"
"covers, with Peter Christopherson joining them for their later commissions. In 1983, following the dissolution of Hipgnosis, Thorgerson and Powell formed Greenback Films, producing music videos. In the early nineties, Thorgerson inaugurated StormStudios along with Peter Curzon—a loose group of freelancers. The line up included Rupert Truman (photographer), Finlay Cowan (designer and illustrator), Daniel Abbott (designer and artist), Lee Baker (creative retoucher and designer), and Jerry Sweet (designer) along with Thorgerson's personal assistants, Laura Truman (prints), and Charlotte Barnes. Perhaps Thorgerson's most famous designs are those for Pink Floyd. His design for ""The Dark Side of the Moon"" has been"
"unreleased, were included on ""Opposites"". The album's cover is the last to be designed by Storm Thorgerson, a renowned English graphic designer. Thorgerson died 3 months after the album's release. Thorgerson also created the artwork for ""Puzzle"", ""Only Revolutions"", and the singles from those albums. To reveal the cover on the band's website, Biffy Clyro asked the fans to tweet hashtag #biffyopposites on Twitter. After 9000 tweets in 12 hours, the full cover had become visible. The cover is supposed to depict the oldest living tree in the world, located in Chile. Neil said: ""I loved the original image of"
"contemporary design and alternatives to traditional death care. An exhibit at Lundgren Monuments in 2010 was called ""the first time in history that a group of architects have focused their talents on the cremation urn as an architectural object"". An urn/artwork called ""The Final Turn"", which he collaborated with architect Tom Kundig in designing, was noted in ""Robb Report"" and ""The New York Times"", and is shown in Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Awards gallery. Lundgren, along with mortician and author Caitlin Doughty, TED speaker Jae Rhim Lee, alternative funeral home director Jeff Jorgenson, and other death professionals, founded The Order of"
"to keep going. “There are so many other products that I can’t find in the commodity market. Designing them myself and putting them out there for others to use seems like the right evolution.” The Tom Kundig Collection won a 2012 “Best of Year” award in the hardware category from Interior Design Magazine. In 2013, Kundig designed The Final Turn, a funerary urn, with Greg Lundgren, owner of Lundgren Monuments in Seattle. The urn consists of two halves of an eight- inch-diameter blackened steel or bronze sphere—the halves are threaded with a noticeable offset from one another when they meet."
"Otto Torgersen Otto Torgersen (16 June 1910 – 12 December 2000) was a Norwegian architect and advertising executive. Torgersen was born in Trondheim, Norway. He studied advertising and architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London (1937–38). In 1947, he founded an advertisement and architectural firm, Pran og Torgersen AS, which he operated jointly in partnership with Christian Pran, who died in 1961. Among his architectural designs were the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology at Etterstad from 1960 and the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (""Norges idrettshøgskole"") at Sognsvann on Kringsjå in Oslo from 1971. Torgersen was responsible for designing the"
"it apart as the operator turned a handle attached to a system of gears. In 1880, Olsen started the Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Company to produce the device. Olsen was awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1907. Olsen retired from the company in 1929 and died during 1933 in Philadelphia. Olsen remembered his origin with gifts to his home land including awards to Horten Technical School and Kongsberg Church as well grants to a retirement home in his wife's home town of Helsingborg, Sweden. Since 1928 his bust by local sculptor Trygve Thorberg (1884-1944) has stood in"
"the ""Abeille Bourbon"" salvage tug. He lives in Ulsteinvik. Sigmund Borgundvåg Sigmund Borgundvåg (born 16 February 1939 in Selje) is a Norwegian naval architect of offshore vessels including platform supply ships and deep-sea tugs. He worked as a naval architect for Ulstein Group (beginning in 1964) and then after its acquisition for Rolls-Royce, where he was chief naval architect from 1970 to 2006. In 1974 he designed one of the first Norwegian offshore supply ships. He is known for the concept of UT-Design, the basis of numerous off-shore vessels of varying sub-types. He was responsible for the construction of more"
"exhibitions at Norway's Resistance Museum at Akershus Fortress. He also contributed to the Kon Tiki Museum and the Fram Museum, both at Bygdøy. Otto Torgersen Otto Torgersen (16 June 1910 – 12 December 2000) was a Norwegian architect and advertising executive. Torgersen was born in Trondheim, Norway. He studied advertising and architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London (1937–38). In 1947, he founded an advertisement and architectural firm, Pran og Torgersen AS, which he operated jointly in partnership with Christian Pran, who died in 1961. Among his architectural designs were the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology at Etterstad from 1960"
"groups. His most well-known forms are those named ""Glatt"", ""Standard"", ""Skaugum"" and ""Bygdøy"". They were produced for many years with a variety of decorative designs, created by himself or other artists. The designs were either sprayed, hand painted or made from ready-made transfer pictures. Finer objects may have been applied with strokes of gold painting. He created many series of exclusive objects for gifts and decoration, as well as a large range of souvenirs for cities and tourist sites in Norway and abroad. Thorbjørn Feyling Thorbjørn Feyling (1907–1985) was a Norwegian ceramist and Head of design at the Norwegian earthenware"
"between 1958 to 1973. Among his sculptures are ""Arbeiderbevegelsens pionerer"" which was unveiled at Youngstorget in Oslo during 1958. He also designed six bronze sculptures (""Handenlangeren"", ""Elektrikeren"" and ""Steinhoggeren"" 1950, ""Mureren"" 1951, ""Tømmermannen"" 1954, ""Steinbryteren"" 1960) situated outside the Oslo City Hall and several World War II memorials. Storm was awarded the King's Medal of Merit (""Kongens fortjenstmedalje"") in 1950. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1980, and was decorated Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. In 1948, he married Ingeborg Aasengen Dal f. Amundsen (1903-1991). In 1993, he founded the ""Ingeborg"
"Cup in 1971 and he followed this with a series of successful designs including the Townson 32's Starlight and Twilight, the transitional Townson 33 Restless - and culminating in his most successful keelboat designs, the Townson 34's Dreamtime and Talent. He is credited with having at least 3,500 of his designs produced by 2008 when his contribution to yachting earned him membership in the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. In his later years Townson focused on producing his one-design radio controlled Electron racing yachts. Townson died on 15 October 2008 at his home in"
"Reykjavik Concert Hall. He also worked with Guillermo Trotti to design mobile lunar research laboratories for NASA. Einar Thorsteinn Einar Thorsteinn (1942–April 28, 2015) was an Icelandic architect with an interest in geometrical structures. Thorsteinn was a follower of Buckminster Fuller and he worked with polyhedral and spherical shapes. He graduated from Technical University of Hannover. He worked with Frei Otto from 1969-1972 helping to design the Munich Olympiapark for the 1972 Summer Olympics. He then started the Constructions Lab in Iceland and experimented with tensile structures. He started a long collaboration with artist Olafur Eliasson. Early results from the"
"and black designs. He also worked in collaboration with various other companies where he designed wristwatches, kitchen appliances, telephones, chairs, and other products. Jensen is credited with developing the B&O design style, which is still used today. Many of Jensen's designs have been included in permanent design collections at museums around the world. Jacob Jensen died on May 15, 2015 in Virksund, Denmark. In 1964 Jensen started working as chief product designer for Bang & Olufsen, an established Danish manufacturer of high-end home electronic products. By 1970s, Bang & Olufsen had received numerous awards for its product designs. The company"
"Einar Thorsteinn Einar Thorsteinn (1942–April 28, 2015) was an Icelandic architect with an interest in geometrical structures. Thorsteinn was a follower of Buckminster Fuller and he worked with polyhedral and spherical shapes. He graduated from Technical University of Hannover. He worked with Frei Otto from 1969-1972 helping to design the Munich Olympiapark for the 1972 Summer Olympics. He then started the Constructions Lab in Iceland and experimented with tensile structures. He started a long collaboration with artist Olafur Eliasson. Early results from the collaboration included geodesic dome structures, he also worked with cells with fivefold symmetry used in the Harpa"
"straps. The frame distributed the load better across his back and increased the ventilation between him and the pack. In addition, he could carry a heavier pack. Ten years later, his invention formed the basis of his company, Fjällräven, which he began out of the cellar of his home in Örnsköldsvik. During those ten years, he completed his military service at the Swedish Army Paratroop School in Karlsborg, where he saw the need for functional and durable outdoor equipment. In the summer of 2013, Nordin was diagnosed with an undisclosed terminal illness. He died on 27 December at the age"
"have been designated Roller Coaster Landmarks by American Coaster Enthusiasts: Corkscrew, Loch Ness Monster, Magnum XL-200 and Run-A-Way Mine Train. Ron Toomer Ron Toomer (birth name: Ronald Valentine Toomer) (May 31, 1930 – September 26, 2011) was an American roller coaster designer credited for designing 93 roller coasters around the world. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1961 with a degree in mechanical engineering and was a part of the design team responsible for the Apollo spacecraft heat shield. Ron Toomer was hired by Arrow Development founders Karl Bacon and Ed Morgan in 1965 to help design"
"comprises instrumental and ambient music based on material recorded during the ""Division Bell"" sessions, with new material recorded in 2013 and 2014 on Gilmour's ""Astoria"" boat studio and in Medina Studios in Hove, England. It was produced by David Gilmour, Youth, Andy Jackson and Phil Manzanera. Only one track has lead vocals, ""Louder than Words"". After the death of longtime Pink Floyd artist Storm Thorgerson in 2013, the cover was created by artist Ahmed Emad Eldin, design company Stylorouge, and Aubrey Powell, co-founder of Thorgeson's design company Hipgnosis. ""The Endless River"" was promoted with the ""Louder than Words"" single and"
"Mars Volta were the opening act. The band also headlined the Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans. Artist Storm Thorgerson, known for providing seminal album artwork for numerous bands including Pink Floyd, T. Rex, Audioslave, The Mars Volta, and Muse, was asked to create the cover art for ""Stadium Arcadium"". Thorgerson provided at least three possible covers for the album, however, his ideas were ultimately rejected and a simple cover featuring yellow ""Superman"" lettering and a blue background with planets was utilized instead. Thorgerson publicly denounced the chosen artwork, stating: ""For the"" Stadium Arcadium"" cover they elected to feature the"
"Thorgerson worked on album designs until his death on 18 April 2013, and Powell works in film and video, most notably with Paul McCartney, The Who, and Monty Python's Flying Circus, and is the creative director for both Pink Floyd and its member David Gilmour. In 1968, Thorgerson and Powell were approached by their friends in Pink Floyd to design the cover for the group's second album, ""A Saucerful of Secrets"". This led to additional work for EMI, including photos and album covers for the Pretty Things, Free, Toe Fat and the Gods. Being film and art school students, they"
"Auckland after a long battle with cancer. Des Townson Desmond Thomas Townson (16 March 1934 – 15 October 2008) was a New Zealand yacht designer. As a teenager he won the Tanner Cup in 1950, the nation's premier teenage yachting championship and he designed some of the best-known classes in New Zealand sailing; including the Starling, Zephyr Mistral and Dart dinghy classes. As well dinghies, he also designed many classes of light and medium displacement keel boats, commencing with the Townson 26 flyer Serene, followed by the plywood Townson 22 Pied Piper. Later the renowned ""Moonlight"" trialed impressively for the"
"as the famous squeezer designed in 1988, the Alo telephone (1994), the La Marie chair (1996), the Louis Ghost armchair (2000), the D’E-light lamp (2009) or the Ipanema with Starck sandals (2013). Sometimes pointed political messages can be found in projects, such as the subversive Gun Lamp (Flos, 2005), the Superarchimoon floor lamp (Flos, 2000), in fact a giant architect's lamp standing 217 centimetres high, the Haaa!!! and Hooo!!! lamps he imagined with the American artist Jenny Holzer (Flos/Baccarat, 2009) and the chandeliers in the Darkside collection, featuring the Zenith chandelier (Baccarat, 2005). The first thing for us to remember"
"first to be honored. Michelle Obama, as First Lady of the United States, wore a vintage Norell dress at a Christmas party in December 2010. Norman Norell Norman David Levinson (April 20, 1900 – October 25, 1972) known professionally as Norman Norell, was an American fashion designer famed for his elegant gowns, suits, and tailored silhouettes. His designs for the Traina-Norell and Norell fashion houses became famous for their detailing, simple, timeless designs, and tailored construction. By the mid-twentieth century Norell dominated the American fashion industry and in 1968 he became the first American fashion designer to launch his own"
"stainless steel, includes a folding stool for Design Forum, a crest rail chair and steel tube chair for Collection Schiang and the EJ20 sofa for Erik Jørgensen. Both his Crestrail chairs, with their semicircular back, and the Skagen Chair, developed with Børge Schiang in the early 1980s are still in production. Jørgen Gammelgaard was the first designer to receive the annual awards from both the Danish Design Council (1986) and The Council for Arts and Crafts (1991). Jørgen Gammelgaard Jørgen Gammelgaard (1938–1991) was a Danish furniture designer who also designed lamps and silverware. Gammelgaard was trained as a cabinetmaker at"
"of citizenship. In the 1920s, he returned to Norway to live, but he traveled to the United States many times during subsequent decades. Storm's wife died on August 28, 1941, and he later married Sigrid Roscher (1888-1964). Storm died on May 7, 1964 and is buried alongside his parents, three brothers, and both wives in Oslo’s Vestre Gravlund. Storm is most well known for his etchings of Norwegian landscapes, towns, and architecture. He also etched portraits and illustrated books. Two of his pieces, ""Sam’s Point, Cragsmoor"" and ""Cragsmoor,"" were exhibited at the 1920 Society of Independent Artists in New York."
"clouds was ... re-created by Stylorouge, [the] award-winning UK design agency,"" adding that ""Pink Floyd's album artwork, mostly created by Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis, is as legendary as the band's music"" but that ""with Storm's passing in 2013, the task of finding an image that carried on Storm's legacy passed to Aubrey 'Po' Powell, Storm's original partner in Hipgnosis."" Emad Eldin has dome album cover artwork for Massar Egbari (2015), Hamza Namira (2018), and Basata (2018). Emad Eldin also collaborated with Juno Records artist Tim Green, influencing the overall concept of his album ""Her Future Ghosts"" (2018). Emad Eldin has"
"Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago. His drawings and furniture scale models are much in demand by collectors. Glass was awarded 52 US patents, of which 29 are referenced online. He was a Fellow of the Industrial Designers Society of America and received numerous other awards. He died on August 27, 2003, at the age of 91. Concepts: Efficiency in materials use, minimize waste in manufacturing, reduce environmental impact. Optimize shipping, portability & storage of furnishings by use of folding and collapsing design elements (This earned him the name ""Folding Glass"" in the industrial design community) Architectural Work:"
"mesh and ceramic. Coert Steynberg Coert Steynberg (7 January 1905 – 28 July 1982) was a renowned South African sculptor who worked in stone, marble, bronze, copper and wood. His work is represented nationwide and internationally, including a statue of Bartholomew Dias in South Africa House in London, a monument to Andries Pretorius in Graaff-Reinet, and the Peace of Vereeniging monument in Vereeniging. Steynberg is best known for sculpting a statue of Paul Kruger, found at the Kruger-gate, Kruger National Park. His most famous coin design is the pronking springbok on all gold Krugerrands. The springbok design was reused on"
"involved in the design of the Rapp-class MTBs - the first Norwegian-built MTBs. Later, he also designed the Snøgg- and Hauk-class MTB's. Henriksen's wife, Margot Henriksen, christened the first KNM ""Skjold"" (P 963), delivered to the Norwegian navy in February 1966 from Westermoen yard in Mandal. Norway donated a ""Storm""-class vessel each to Estonia and Lithuania and three to Latvia in 1995. In the Lithuanian Navy, the ex-""Storm"" class are designated the DZUKAS class, and in the Latvia Navy, the ex-""Storm""s are were designated the Bulta class. Since the 1999 edition of ""The World Defence Almanac"" the ""Storm"" class has"
"in Germany, Spain, France and Italy. In 1947 he became a professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts, a position he held until 1980, where his students included Oddmund Raudberget. In 1939, Storm won the competition for a statue of Olympic skier Thorleif Haug which was erected in Drammen. In 1952, he was commissioned by Thomas Fearnley, who was a member of the International Olympic Committee, to design the Fearnley award (""Fearnleys olympiske ærespris"") in connection with the 1952 Winter Olympics. Storm also accounted for the design of the King Olav V of Norway coin series which was issued"