What is the album cover of Dark Side of the Moon supposed to represent?
The front cover design itself shows a refracting prism against a black background, onto which a single beam of light is being shone with a spectrum of color emerging from the other side. It is highly minimal and neither the band’s name nor the album’s title are displayed anywhere. The design was the idea of Storm Thorgerson, a member of the British art collective and UK graphic design bohemians, Hipgnosis; who’d designed the covers for all the Pink Floyd albums. It came about after band member and keyboard player Richard Wright requested something that was less pictorial and more iconic. The concept of the prism refracting the light was in reference to the light shows that were always a staple part of Pink Floyd concerts. In the late 60s when psychedelic and acid-rock were at their pinnacle, the band would perform at all-night gigs known as ‘happenings’, and the inventive use of psychedelic lighting and back-projections played an important role in both their success and setting them ap
