12 X 12 x 12 THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

Hello all you holiday well wishers! Welcome to "12 X 12 X 12" the Twelve Stormy Days of Christmas!  A joint festive fun packed period brought to you by StormStudios and Roddy Bogawa, director of the documentary, TAKEN BY STORM. Starting on December 12th, of course, over the next twelve days we'll be bringing you a feast of goodies, freebies, competitions, film teasers and offers. Information will be up and running here and also on the Taken By Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and StormStudios Facebook page. Stay tuned!

A reminder that our books are very good value right now - The Gathering Storm (1st Edition) is at £25, The Raging Storm Hardback is at £19.50 and the paperback version at £14.50. Go to our Gift ideas page for more info.

THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS (12th) 12x12x1

On the first day, we bring you:

• Stream the film Taken by Storm. Go to takenbystorm.vhx.tv
• And, StormStudios is offering one lucky winner a Machineri Rough if you correctly answer this question and email it to us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com.
  Q: What was the most expensive cover that Storm ever made, and how much did it cost?
• 12X12X1 the first of Roddy's Album cover snippets, taken from the film.

Carlo Maucioni was the winner of the 12x12x1 quiz - the answer was Momentary Lapse of Reason, and the amount - unknown - Storm was too embarassed to tell anyone, so unless you had some special inside knowledge, the answer had to be that you didn't know....

THE SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS (13th) 12x12x2

• One poster of your choice from our Posters page if you correctly answer this question and email it to us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com.
  Q: Syd Barrett had a cat. He may have had many, but I'm only looking for the unusual name for a cat that's in my head. What is it?
• A signed Taken by Storm DVD: email us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com and we will pick one lucky person out of an electronic hat to get one.
• The Second video from The Taken by Storm Film - the making of the Cranberries Wake up and Smell the Coffee: https://youtu.be/xARinV08zjc

Pippa Westoby was the winner of todays quiz! The cat that was in my head was Rover - apparently 'Rover Angelica'. Most people guessed Lucifer Sam, which was not in my head...

A Signed DVD goes to Arnoud Mailler.

THE THIRD DAY OF CHRISTMAS (14th) 12x12x3

• One Raging Storm paperback book if you correctly answer this question and email it to us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com.
  Q: Just how big was Storm’s ego?
• A signed Taken by Storm DVD: email us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com and we will pick one lucky person out of an electronic hat to get one.
• The third clip from The Taken by Storm Film - Chrome for Catherine Wheel (which we coincidentally have just made as a BIG Print) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0sD4JqgWiI

A Raging Storm paperback goes to Tony Gimbert, who knew that Storm's ego was, in fact the size of a planet. A signed DVD will go to Helena William.

THE FOURTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (15th) 12x12x4

• One copy of Riding Along in my Automobile to the first person who correctly answers this question and emails it to us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com.
  Q: Can you name 10 album sleeves designed by StormStudios ?
• A signed Taken by Storm DVD: email us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com and we will pick one lucky person out of an electronic hat to get one.
• The fourth clip from The Taken by Storm Film - XTC is up on our facebook page.

A Copy of Riding Along in my Automobile goe sto Edwin Sutphen in Australia. Jon Manzo will be getting a signed DVD.

THE FIFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (16th) 12x12x5

• One set of Riding Along in my Automobile collector's cards (a collection of postcards of images from the book, designed by Storm and Stormstudios, this comes in a custom presentation box and is going on sale for the first time today) to the first person who correctly answers this question and emails it to us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com.
  Q: Macbeth maybe known as 'The Scottish Play' among actors, but what's 'The Scottish Band' that have had five album covers and 15 single covers designed for them by StormStudios?
• The fifth clip from The Taken by Storm Film, abdout Led Zeppelin's Presence, is available here, or check on the Taken by Storm Facebook page.

THE SIXTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (17th) 12x12x6

• Blinker the Star (back cover) will be at the hugely reduced price of £100 for today only! (Available here). And, the first person who correctly answers this question and emails it to us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com will get a free copy..
  Q: Christmas trees everywhere are heavy with glittering baubles of every possible size and colour, which reminded us that many of our cover image make use of round objects. Can you name 5 covers designed by us that include spheres?
• The sixth clip from The Taken by Storm Film, about Wish You Were Here is available here, or check on the Taken by Storm Facebook page.

THE SEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (18th) 12x12x7

• The Gathering Storm - £20 for today ony, and, the first person who correctly answers this question and emails it to us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com will get a free copy.
  Q: A lot of our cover designs are shot on remote beaches, in meadows, deep inside forests, we like fresh air! But the weather being an unpredictable beast, sometimes we need a roof over our heads. Name three covers we shot indoors!
• The seventh clip from The Taken by Storm Film... Peter Gabriel

THE EIGHTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (19th) 12x12x8

• One poster of your choice from our Posters page if you correctly answer this question and email it to us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com.
  Q: What is the capital of Uzbekistan?
• The Eighth clip from The Taken by Storm Film... Blinker the Star

THE NINTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (20th) 12x12x9

• We have a copy of Tiny Pictures (which features in the film Taken by Storm), with a minor crease in it which makes it unsaleable for us. Cover the cost of postage and packing, and it is yours if you are the chosen winner of today's quiz. Answers to us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com.
  Q: A tenuous link... Last night I was at a Christmas party for a bunch of ex StormStudios people in a pub (The Admiralty) on Trafalgar Square (I'm surprised I'm up and writing this already...). At least 3 of us were there, and had a hand in the making of Tiny Pictures. Lord Nelson, who stands atop the column there, and, who is famous in England for his defeat of the French navy at Trafalgar against all odds, was shot and died during the battle aboard his flagsip, HMS Victory. Now, we shot Tiny Pictures in the dockyard where HMS Victory was built. Where was that?
• Tiny Pictures at half price today and tomorrow.
• Televators at Half Price today only!
• A free fopy of the film, signed by Roddy, chosen from a hat, to one person who emails us today asking for a copy.
• The Ninth clip from The Taken by Storm Film... Televators

THE TENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (21st) 12x12x10

• One unique collection of 28 postcards from all eras found around the studio, if you correctly answer this question and email it to us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com. Storm loved quizzes and would, for a long time leave a film quiz on his answerphone, requiring an answer as part of your message... So, todays quiz is a film quiz.
  Q: Which actress starred in High Noon, Dial M for Murder, and High Society?
• The Tenth clip from The Taken by Storm Film... Transmissions

THE ELEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (22nd) 12x12x11

• A unique 'rough', carried in the pocket or Rupert, our photographer, on the shoot for Biffy Clyro's single, Biblical. Dropped in the mud, folded, scrutinised. This printout is what Rupert and Lee (who art directed this) worked from on the day when they made the image on a freezing windswept hilltop in Cambridgeshire... This is where our images start their lives. Answer todays's question and this unique artefact will wing it's way to you! (see our home page for a photo), if you correctly answer this question and email it to us at info@stormstudiosdesign.com.
  Q: StormStudios have been creating bespoke album covers for longer than we can remember, and Storm designed his first one back in 1968. But as an art form it's been going on for a lot longer than that. Today's question is, what designer is the acknowledged 'Father of Album Cover Art' and what year did he start making them?
• The Eleventh clip from The Taken by Storm Film... The Dark Side of the Moon

THE TWELFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (23rd) 12x12x12

• We're giving away a bumper pack of two books (the Gathering Storm and the Raging Storm) and a DVD (Taken by Storm), and a few postcards to the winner of today's competition, a picture competition. Take a look at the image on our homepage today and email us with the band and the title of the album that the detail is taken from, and where it was shot.
• The Twelfth clip from The Taken by Storm Film... Jump on it

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