Roy Lichtenstein Pops into 3-D
Stefan Sagmeister has a greateye for design. He earned his reputation by makingalbum coversfor The Rolling Stones, David Byrneand Lou Reed, among others. His company Sagmeister & Walsh’slatest project imaginesa fashionshoot for the Lebanese department store Aishti that could havesprung from the mindof pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.
Art director Jessica Walshtold Fast Company,“The idea started when we were thinking of the concept of a painting or illustration and how oftentimes illustrators try to imitate reality in a 2-D form. So we wondered, what if we flipped the script, and actually made a three-dimensional environment look like an illustration?” They got into the spirit with anInstagram component:
And here’sa behind-the-scenes look.
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