![]() ![]() ![]() Grateful Dead,” the sold-out shows held this past Fourth of July weekend in Chicago. Next up is a version of the logo created inĬommemoration of “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Stolen Sailor Crewneck Sweater – White The result is a blank canvas, a welcoming space for other participants to express their own graphic interpretations. Serving as a visual invitation to the project, his piece features the familiar Steal Your Face skull, but with lightning bolt removed. Now, to pay homage to the band following their 50 th anniversary and to re-engage new and future generations with the visual and musical history of the Grateful Dead, designer Darren Romanelli has commissioned select artists and brands to reinvent this classic visual in their own unique way.Įntitled “Stolen Faces,” the series kicks off with Romanelli’s own contribution through his line, DRx. In 1976, the image graced the cover of the band’s live double album, Steal Your Face, introducing fans to what would become the most enduring of the Grateful Dead’s vivid graphic symbology. Originally created by Grateful Dead soundman and artist Owsley Stanley and rendered by designer Bob Thomas, the logo was first utilized as an identifying mark for the Dead’s equipment and gear. Indelibly marked on America’s pop culture consciousness, this enduring visual – a bolt of lightning contained within a grinning skull – has come to represent not only the band and their music but a lifestyle… and a philosophy. “DRx” Darren Romanelli Begins “Residency At Mars Hotel” withĭistinctive, graphic, unforgettable – the Grateful Dead’s “Steal Your Face” logo is one of the most legendary images in rock ‘n’ roll iconography. ![]()
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