David Costa (graphic designer)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Costa |
| Born | 18 November 1947 Westminster, London, England |
| Genres | Folk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Graphic Designer, Art Director, Musician |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Labels | CBS, Rocket, Sony |
David Costa (born 18 November 1947) is an English graphic designer, art director and musician.[1] Notable design collaborations include those for Queen, Elton John, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Beatles, The Moody Blues, Genesis, The Rolling Stones and Phil Collins.
Early life[edit]
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Costa was born in London, England. His grandfather was a songwriter and pianist with the Savoy Orpheans. His father was the singer and radio presenter Sam Costa. He attended Merchant Taylors' public school, pursuing Fine Arts at the University of East Anglia in 1966.
Career[edit]
In early 1969 he left university and brought together Barry Clarke, Bias Boshell, Unwin Brown and Celia Humphris to form the folk-rock band Trees, subsequently recording two albums: The Garden of Jane Delawney and On the Shore. In 1971 he left Trees to pursue freelance graphic design, eventually with Dick James Music in 1972, leading to a sequence of album sleeves for Elton John,[2][3][4][5] and subsequently as art director in the UK offices of Rocket Records. During this period, Costa and guitarist Barry Clarke went on to write, record and produce the band Casablanca and subsequent eponymous album[6] in 1973.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s freelance design projects included work with ex-Beatles press officer Derek Taylor to instigate the "Brighton Pier" label for Warner Bros. Records UK. From 1977 through 1979 Costa ran his studio Jubilee Graphics from the previous offices of the Rocket Record Company in Wardour Street, London. Over the ensuing decade he worked as a freelance designer/art director on the re-launched Tatler magazine with Tina Brown; redesign and art direction on the relaunched The Field magazine; early visual proposals for Today, Eddie Shah's publication that pioneered the use of computer systems with photo-typesetting and full-colour offset printing, and, the redesign and frequent illustration of covers for Encounter magazine.
Discography[edit]
Musician[edit]
| Year | Album | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | The Garden of Jane Delawney | Trees | CBS Records, 2007 Sony Rewind, Sunbeam Records |
| 1970 | On the Shore | Trees | CBS Records, 2007 Sony Rewind, Sunbeam Records |
| 1973 | Casablanca | Casablanca | Rocket |
Graphic art, design and packaging[edit]
Books[edit]
Graphic art, design and packaging[edit]
| Year | Title | Author/Artist | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Blinds & Shutters | Michael Cooper | Genesis Publications[10] |
| 1991 | 24 Nights | Eric Clapton/Peter Blake | Genesis Publications[11] |
| 1994 | Liverpool Days | Astrid Kirchherr/Max Scheler | Genesis Publications[12] |
| 1994 | Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book | Brian Froud/Terry Jones | Pavilion Books[13] |
| 1995 | Mason's Yard to Primrose Hill | Gered Mankowitz | Genesis Publications[14] |
| 1995 | Sometime in New York City | Bob Gruen | Genesis Publications[15] |
| 1996 | Strange Stains and Mysterious Smells | Brian Froud/Terry Jones | Pavilion Books/Simon & Schuster[16] |
| 1996 | Stuart: The Life and Art of Stuart Sutcliffe | Stuart Sutcliffe | Genesis Publications[17] |
| 1997 | Raga Mala | Ravi Shankar | Genesis Publications[18] |
| 1998 | Eye-Contact | Gered Mankowitz | Genesis Publications[19] |
| 1998 | Wyman Shoots Chagall | Bill Wyman | Genesis Publications[20] |
| 1998 | The Rolling Stones: A Life on the Road | Philip Dodd/The Rolling Stones | Virgin Books[21] |
| 1999 | Hamburg Days | Astrid Kirchherr/Klaus Voormann | Genesis Publications[22] |
| 1999 | The Vogue Book of Blondes | Kathy Phillips | Pavilion Books[23] |
| 2000 | The Beatles Anthology | The Beatles | Cassell/Chronicle Books[24] |
| 2001 | The Book of Rock | Philip Dodd | Pavilion Books[25] |
| 2002 | Shooting Sex: The Definitive Guide to Undressing Beautiful Strangers | Bob Carlos Clarke | Bob Carlos Clarke[26] |
| 2002 | Martin Guitar Masterpieces | Martin Guitars/Dick Boak | Bulfinch Press[27] |
| 2003 | Punk: A Life Apart | Stephen Colegrave/Chris Sullivan | Cassell/Chronicle Books[28] |
| 2005 | Drawing Blood Forty Five Years of Scarfe Uncensored | Gerald Scarfe | Little, Brown Book Group[29] |
| 2006 | Will The Circle Be Unbroken: Country Music in America | Country Music Hall of Fame | DK Publishing[30] |
| 2007 | Genesis: Chapter & Verse | Genesis | Weidenfeld & Nicolson[31] |
| 2009 | Woodstock: Three Days That Rocked the World | Mike Evans, Paul Kingsbury, Museum at Bethel Woods | Sterling[32] |
| 2011 | No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan | Robert Shelton | Backbeat Books[33] |
| 2013 | Starting at Zero | Alan Douglas/Peter Neal | Bloomsbury Publishing[34] |
Tour programmes and books[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ David Costa discogs.com, Accessed October 14, 2017
- ^ a b Art Direction thanks to David Costa albumlinernotes.com, Accessed October 9, 2017
- ^ a b Art Direction - David Costa albumlinernotes.com, Accessed October 9, 2017
- ^ a b Art Direction and Design: David Costa and David Palmer for Wherefore Art albumlinernotes.com, Accessed October 9, 2017
- ^ a b Art Direction and Design: David Costa for Wherefore Art? Archived 24 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine albumlinernotes.com, Accessed October 9, 2017
- ^ Casablanca discogs.com, Accessed October 14, 2017
- ^ Art direction: David Costa albumlinernotes.com, Accessed October 9, 2017
- ^ Design by Wherefore Art? Archived 21 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine albumlinernotes.com, Accessed October 9, 2017
- ^ Redesign and Art Direction: Sian Rance & David Costa for Wherefore Art? albumlinernotes.com, Accessed October 9, 2017
- ^ Blinds & Shutters ISBN 0904351378 genesis-publications.com, Accessed October 6, 2017
- ^ 24 Nights ISBN 0904351424 genesis-publications.com, Accessed October 6, 2017
- ^ Liverpool Days ISBN 0904351440 genesis-publications.com, Accessed October 6, 2017
- ^ ISBN 0760711070
- ^ Mason's Yard to Primrose Hill ISBN 0904351483 genesis-publications.com, Accessed October 6, 2017
- ^ Sometime in New York City ISBN 0904351459 genesis-publications.com, Accessed October 6, 2017
- ^ ISBN 0684832062
- ^ Stuart: The Life & Art of Stuart Sutcliffe ISBN 0904351521 genesis-publications.com, Accessed October 9, 2017
- ^ Raga Mala ISBN 0904351467 genesis-publications.com, Accessed October 6, 2017
- ^ Eye-Contact ISBN 0904351610 genesis-publications.com, Accessed October 15, 2017
- ^ Wyman Shoots Chagall ISBN 0904351629 genesis-publications.com, Accessed October 6, 2017
- ^ The Rolling Stones: A Life On The Road ISBN 1852275324 isbnsearch.org, Accessed October 8, 2017
- ^ Hamburg Days ISBN 0904351734 genesis-publications.com, Accessed October 6, 2017
- ^ ISBN 1862052611
- ^ The Beatles Anthology ISBN 978-0811826846 chroniclebooks.com, Accessed October 6, 2017
- ^ ISBN 1862052921
- ^ ISBN 0954346203
- ^ Martin Guitar Masterpieces ISBN 0821228358 martinguitar.com, Accessed October 7, 2017
- ^ ISBN 0304359874
- ^ ISBN 0316729523
- ^ 'Will The Circle Be Unbroken' ISBN 0756623529 isbnsearch.org, Accessed October 9, 2017
- ^ ISBN 0297844342
- ^ ISBN 9781402766237
- ^ ISBN 9781617130120
- ^ Starting at Zero Archived 26 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 9781408842140 bloomsbury.com, Accessed October 6, 2017
- ^ The Red Piano ASIN: B002GXUBRQ, 66 p., 2004
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