"the endless river "cover art depicts a young man punting a thames skiff across a sea of clouds towards the sun"."" "after the death of longtime pink floyd artist storm thorgerson in 2013, pink floyd collaborated with aubrey powell, co-founder of thorgeson's design company hipgnosis. powell discovered 18-year-old egyptian artist ahmed emad eldin and asked to use the concept from his piece "beyond the sky" for "the endless river". eldin was a pink floyd fan and accepted enthusiastically. powell felt ahmed's concept had "an instant floydian resonance", and described it as "enigmatic and open to interpretation". the final cover is a recreation of eldin's work by london design firm stylorouge. powell felt that the cover summed up the title and music, and was appropriate for the recording on the thames.