Although the studio continued into The ’80s, by 1983 they’d transformed themselves into a Music Video company called Greenback Films, which eventually dissolved due to Creative Differences.After Hipgnosis, Storm Thorgerson formed STd (Storm Thorgerson Design), then StormStudios, and continued doing album covers (and eventually CD booklets); although he mostly designed for younger bands like Muse, Biffy Clyro, Catherine Wheel and The Cranberries, he still worked on most Pink Floyd-related projects. He died in 2013, and he was active until the very end. (In accordance with Thorgerson’s wishes, StormStudios has carried on without him.)
Aubrey Powell is currently a film director and has co-written two books with Thorgerson. Peter Christopherson continued making music (with Throbbing Gristle, and later with Psychic TV and Coil), as well as directing music videos and TV commercials, until his death in 2010. In 2014 and 2015 Powell, who owns the Hipgnosis name, revived it for Pink Floyd’s Grand Finale The Endless River and David Gilmour’s solo album Rattle That Lock; these will likely be the studio’s final projects. All the books previously written by Powell and Thorgerson and the newest edition of Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art. The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue do not include the two revivals mentioned above, singles bags, music-related memorabilia like posters and adverts, books, or any of their non-music related work.
