Radiohead's 1995 album 'The Bends' was named for the experience of decompression sickness, a metaphor for the band's sudden and rapid ascent to fame. The Bends is about the suffocating pressures of sudden fame, bodily and psychological revulsion, the phoniness of consumerist culture, and personal alienation.

This album redesign was based on the themes that Radiohead experienced and wrote about within the album.  After a thorough listening of the album with many notes jotted down, alienation and pressure were the two key themes that spoke to me. With my mind set, I began to explore …