Hugh Syme
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Canadian graphic designer
Why Is Hugh Syme Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Hugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist and member of the Premier Artists Collection who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands. He is also a musician and has appeared on some Rush albums as a keyboard player. Syme is notably responsible for all of Rush's album cover art since 1975's Caress of Steel as well as creating Rush's famous Starman logo. In 1983 he told Jeffrey Morgan that he never imagined the band would use it as their main logo. Syme also plays piano on the album Thrilling Women, which Morgan recorded with Dean Motter.
