The Swarm

September 10, 2007

Led Zeppelin Has A Posse: Shepard Fairey tapped for Mothership design

TDS Editors

UPDATE: See the actual, real Mothership artwork here

Shepard Fairey, the artist/designer/illustrator who created the Andre the Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign and whose artwork graces album covers for artists like The Black Eyed Peas, 311, and the Smashing Pumpkins, announced last Friday that he has been commissioned by Led Zeppelin to design the packaging for their forthcoming Mothership greatest-hits collection. Fairey made the announcement at the Los Angeles Getty Center during his featured presentation as part of the sold-out QBN Sessions.

(Photo Credit)

During the talk, Fairey said that the band had searched through a number of different designers, but were unable to agree on one until seeing the work of his Studio No. 1. For the record, Fairey did not confirm (but also did not deny) the rumors that the band will be reforming in November for a concert at London’s O2 Arena.

A Led Zeppelin press conference is scheduled for Wednesday.

Update – NME: Led Zeppelin set for special announcement…band set to officially confirm reunion this week.

In addition to his work for Led Zeppelin, Fairey recently announced a new collaboration with Public Enemy:

Chuck just asked me to do an Obey art and clothing Public Enemy collaboration commemorating the 20th anniversary of “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back” which I consider to be the best and most important hip hop album of all time. Additionally, Glen E. Friedman who shot the album cover as well as other genre defining photos of hip hop, skateboarding, and punk rock, has allowed me to use one of his shots of P.E. to illustrate from. This is going to be an awesome project… look out for updates.

Here’s some examples of Fairey’s past album cover artwork:


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#1 CRM-114 says:

that led zepp cover. ROTFLMAO.

#2 Jointreau says:

does this "artist/designer/illustrator/blablabla" know other color besides red?

#3 fap* says:

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i wonder which design he will rip-off this time.

http://www.brghtnghts.com/blog/?page_...

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#4 Go fuct yourself says:

--- #3 fap* says:
--- i wonder which design he will rip-off this time.
--- http://www.brghtnghts.com/blog/?page_...

Gimme a break, Brunetti is such a whiner, he's been whining that people have been ripping him off for years. Those images are out in the public sphere and have been plundered long before and since. If he wants to stop getting ripped off maybe he should stop sampling make some original work.
Try reading your Aesop:

THE WOLF AND THE LION

A wolf stole a lamb from the flock, and was carrying it off to devour it at his leisure when he met a Lion, who took his prey away from him and walked off with it. He dared not resist, but when the Lion had gone some distance he said, "It is most unjust of you to take what's mine away from me like that." The Lion laughed and called out in reply, "It was justly yours, no doubt! The gift of a friend, perhaps, eh?"

#5 wow says:

abosulutely atrocious

#6 Sleezy E says:

Wow, I am really disappointed by Shep and Led's Management team.... something must have died in here, cause the smell woke me up.

#7 Immigrant Snog says:

Wow that cover is shit, even by Shepard's standards.

#8 Paul KOstabi says:

I don't like the Pumpkins cover. Weak!!

#9 Dave says:

crikey, that stuff's awful!

#10 durrr says:

that's not the actual cover art... just a weak (and deceptive) image someone in the graphic dept on this site threw together.

#11 jojonix says:

Wow. Some really stupid people read this blog.

#12 Idiocracy says:

C'mon people, are you not familiar with the term 'editorial art' ???
This was obviously not done by Shepard Fairey and judging by the fact the image is quite blantantly culled from the pumpkins/led zep album was probably more than likely NOT meant to be taken as what the new album looks like.


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