Stanley Donwood, after university, connected with Thom Yorke of the band On a Friday, which later became Radiohead. Initially approached for support act fire-breathing, he moved into artwork after the band's success with 'Creep.' Their first collaboration, for the 'My Iron Lung' EP, involved videoing an iron lung, but they ultimately used footage of a resuscitation dummy for 'The Bends.' Over the years, they have created album art for every Radiohead release and other projects, while Donwood also engaged in solo exhibitions and book publications.
Their collaboration began in a fairly inauspicious, on-the-hoof style. For the 1994 EP My Iron Lung, they came up with the idea of videoing an actual iron lung and using a still from the ensuing footage.
On the plus side, while at the hospital, they spotted a resuscitation dummy: a grainy still from the video they made of it wound up on the cover of the 1995 album The Bends.
Loads of times, I think I've run out of ideas. Then something happens and it's like: Wow! Thus began a collaboration that's lasted 31 years.
Donwood has also staged solo exhibitions, published books, worked with author Robert Macfarlane and designed the posters for Glastonbury for more than 20 years.
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