Jonathan Barnbook says the cover referred to the concept of mortality and that the singer always wanted design to provoke discussionThe designer of David Bowie’s Blackstar album cover has explained the reasoning behind its stark appearance. “This was a man who was facing his own mortality,” Jonathan Barnbrook told the design magazine Dezeen. “The Blackstar symbol [★], rather than writing ‘Blackstar’, or has as a sort of finality,a darkness, a simplicity, and which is a representation of the music.” Related: The final mysteries of David Bowie’s Blackstar – Elvis,Crowley and 'the villa of Ormen' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com