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Amnesiac's cover art was created by Yorke and artist Stanley Donwood, who has worked with Radiohead since The Bends (1995). It depicts a weeping minotaur of Greek mythology.[28] Donwood said the artwork was inspired by "taking the train to London, getting lost and taking notes". Likening London to the mythological labyrinth, he saw the city as "an imaginary prison, a place where you can walk around and you are the Minotaur of London, we are all the monsters, we are all half human half beast. We are trapped in this maze of this past."[28]
For the "special limited edition" of the album, Donwood designed a hardback CD case in the style of a mislaid library book, and said: "We wanted it to be a like a book. And someone made these pages in a book and it went into drawer in a desk and was forgotten about in the attic. And the attic was then forgotten. And visually and musically the album is about finding the book and opening the pages."[28] The special edition won a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in the 44th Grammy Awards.[29]
Amnesiac's cover art was created by Yorke and artist Stanley Donwood, who has worked with Radiohead since The Bends (1995). It depicts a weeping minotaur of Greek mythology.[28] Donwood said the artwork was inspired by "taking the train to London, getting lost and taking notes". Likening London to the mythological labyrinth, he saw the city as "an imaginary prison, a place where you can walk around and you are the Minotaur of London, we are all the monsters, we are all half human half beast. We are trapped in this maze of this past."[28]
For the "special limited edition" of the album, Donwood designed a hardback CD case in the style of a mislaid library book, and said: "We wanted it to be a like a book. And someone made these pages in a book and it went into drawer in a desk and was forgotten about in the attic. And the attic was then forgotten. And visually and musically the album is about finding the book and opening the pages."[28] The special edition won a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in the 44th Grammy Awards.[29]
