The title was taken from a newspaper headline and had no ostensible links with the album. “The 3D illusion,” created by the sleeve having two rooms on each half of the sleeve, “served to illustrate the simple idea that Floyd music was multilayered, more intricate than most. During the making of the album, Thorgerson claims that Pink Floyd were “not entirely together as a band”, which is where the concept of absence for the album came from. Wish You Were Here’ (1975) album liner bag, designed by Storm Thorgerson. Some fans cut the sleeve with a blade and slid the record out so have never seen the burning man cover.” We couldn’t do a blank cover as The Beatles had already done it with ‘The White Album’ so we shrink-wrapped the LPs in black and opaque cellophane. Designer Storm Thorgerson says: “The theme for this album was absence. The concept of this cover, according the artist Storm Thorgerson, was to try and connect with Pink Floyd’s live shows “famous for their lighting, ambition and madness… hence the prism, the triangle and the pyramids.
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