Pink Floyd

A beam of white light, a triangle on black, a rainbow spilling out the other side. The most famous Pink Floyd poster needs only three elements, and people who have never heard a note of the album still recognise it instantly.

It is, of course, the sleeve of The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), created by the London studio Hipgnosis, run by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey "Po" Powell, with the artwork drawn by George Hardie. The prism was a nod to the band's light shows; the triangle hinted at ambition and pyramids.

Album covers that became artworks

Pink Floyd treated every record as a visual riddle. Wish You Were Here (1975) shows two businessmen shaking hands while one of them burns, shot on the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles with real stuntmen. Animals (1977) floats an inflatable pig between the chimneys of London's Battersea Power Station. The Wall (1979) gives you nothing but white bricks, a blank page waiting to be filled.

The common thread is simplicity. Few details, strong contrast, one idea per image: exactly what you want from a print that has to hold a wall.

Styling the prism

The deep black of Dark Side of the Moon works anywhere, but it really glows on a light wall, where the spectrum looks like a small window. Above a record player, a gaming desk or a living-room sofa, it instantly says "this person knows their music".

Want more? A row of three posters, prism, handshake and pig, tells the story of the band's golden years in one sweep. The covers of Led Zeppelin, also shaped by Hipgnosis, make natural neighbours, as do our vinyl prints.

Each poster is printed in Tunisia and paid for when it reaches your door. Bring the whole spectrum home.