Dixit Stanley Donwood qui a réalisé l'artwork :
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“The whole idea of this album was to have something that was almost not existing, so we chose clear vinyl and the newspaper format,” Donwood said.
He went on to describe the state of the band at the moment as “transitory,” much like a newspaper. “When a newspaper comes out, that doesn’t mean news stops,” he explained, “what you have is just a snapshot of how things were at the moment that newspaper was printed. And similarly, this album shows where Radiohead are at the moment the record was released. The music is a continuing thing. And we wanted to make the album representative of that.”
Donwood also expressed his love for newspapers, citing their disposability and the way they revolutionized mass communication as reasons for his fascination. When asked if there was a message of disposability with the newspaper album, Donwood responded, “The whole thing with this is, if you look after it, like most things, they will last. If you don’t,
then they will disappear very quickly.”