David Bowie’s Blackstar Artwork Free For Fans To Use

The artwork created for David Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, is now available for free use under a Creative Commons NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. Jonathan Barnbrook, the graphic designer behind the design, went along with Bowie’s estate in allowing fans to download and use the images, according to a note on Bowie’s Facebook page.More »

By on February 2, 2016

The artwork created for David Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, is now available for free use under a Creative Commons NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. Jonathan Barnbrook, the graphic designer behind the design, went along with Bowie’s estate in allowing fans to download and use the images, according to a note on Bowie’s Facebook page. “Barnbrook loved working with David Bowie, he was simply one of the most inspirational, kind people we have met,” reads the note. “So in the spirit of openness and in remembrance of David we are releasing the artwork elements of his last album ? (Blackstar) to download here free under a Creative Commons NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence. That means you can make t-shirts for yourself, use them for tattoos, put them up in your house to remember David by and adapt them too, but we would ask that you do not in any way create or sell commercial products with them or based on them.” Barnbrook previously opened up on the concept behind the design with Dezeen. “This was a man facing his own mortality,” Barnbrook said. “The Blackstar symbol, rather than writing ‘Blackstar,’ has a sort of finality, a darkness, a simplicity, which is a representation of the music.” Copyright(c) 2016 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «