Kosh: from abbey road to hotel californiais a retrospective that spans the career of multi GRAMMY award winning art director and album cover designer Kosh. The journey begins in London in the swinging sixties as creative director for Apple Records and The Beatles as well as the cream of British rock n’ roll including The Rolling Stones, The Who, Donovan and T. Rex.

ALBUM COVER DESIGN

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KOSH IS A THREE TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNING art director and former creative director for Apple Records. He designed The Beatles’ Let It Be book and album package, and the Abbey Road album cover, as well as John & Yoko’s Wedding Album boxed set. He worked with the other artists’ albums and singles at Apple. After the Apple days, his clientele expanded to cover the cream of British rock artists and bands such as Badfinger, Donovan, Family, Humble Pie, The Rolling Stones, Spencer Davis Group, Stone the Crows, T. Tex and The Who.

The 1970s brought Kosh to L.A., where he worked with and designed for numerous West Coast recording artists. Among many others, he designed four covers for Ringo Starr including Rotogravure and garnered three Grammys for Linda Ronstadt’s albums Simple DreamsGet Closer and Lush Life. The last two he shared with his design partner, Ron Larson. Ron and Kosh spent several years collaborating on many highly visible projects. Kosh designed the iconic logo and cover, Hotel California for the Eagles, as well as the classic logo for ELO. Click below for KOSH’s full bio.

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