Tappin Gofton is a
graphic design
Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ...
agency consisting of Mark Tappin and Simon Gofton, best known for designing album covers.
History
Tappin Gofton was founded by Mark Tappin, who worked at Blue Source, and Simon Gofton of Tom Hingston Studio. They incorporated as Tappin Gofton in 2006.
The duo first became known for their 1960s-style cover for
The Chemical Brothers' album ''
Push the Button''. Their
Baudot code-inspired art for
Coldplay's album ''
X&Y'', however, was a larger breakthrough for the duo; ''Design Observer'' critic Adrian Shaughnessy wrote that it "
stablishedthem as a new force in contemporary music design."
The duo would later design covers for several more Coldplay albums, including ''
Viva la Vida or Death and all His Friends'', ''
Mylo Xyloto'' and ''
Ghost Stories
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''.
The duo has also designed covers for The Chemical Brothers' album ''
We Are the Night'';
Air Traffic's debut album ''
Fractured Life'';
Morning Runner
Morning Runner were an English alternative rock band, formed in 2003 in Reading, Berkshire, England. The band comprised vocalist/guitarist Matthew Jonathan Greener, drummer Ali Clewer, bassist Tom Derrett and pianist Chris "Fields" Wheatcroft.
...
's debut album ''
Wilderness Is Paradise Now
''Wilderness Is Paradise Now'' was the debut and only album by Reading based English rock band Morning Runner. Preceded by the release of single " Burning Benches", the album was released on 6 March 2006, and, despite failing to make a signific ...
'';
Wild Beasts' album ''
Present Tense''; and
The Feeling's debut ''
Twelve Stops and Home
''Twelve Stops and Home'' is the debut studio album by the Feeling, released on 5 June 2006. The album's title refers to the twelve stops on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground from Leicester Square to Bounds Green. Lead singer Dan Gi ...
''.
The company was dissolved in 2015.
Album cover designs (1997-present)
*
Coldplay:
***"'
Yellow'" single (2000) (Mark Tappin only)
**''
Parachutes'' (2000) (Mark Tappin only)
***'"
Trouble
Trouble may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Trouble'' (1922 film), an American silent comedy-drama film directed by Albert Austin
* ''Trouble'' (1933 film), a British comedy film
* ''Trouble'' (1977 film), a Soviet drama film
* ''Trouble'' ...
" single (2000) (Mark Tappin only)
***"
Don't Panic'" single (2001) (Mark Tappin only)
***'"Trouble - Norwegian Live EP'" (2001) (Mark Tappin only)
**''
Live 2003'' (2003) (Mark Tappin only)
**''
X&Y'' (2005)
***"
Speed of Sound
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'" single (2005)
***"
Fix You" single (2005)
***"
Talk
Talk may refer to:
Communication
* Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people
* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
* Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct
...
" single (2005)
***"
The Hardest Part" single (2006)
***"What If" single (2006)
***"
White Shadows" single (2007)
**''
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends'' (2008)
**''
Prospekt's March'' EP (2008)
**''
LeftRightLeftRightLeft'' EP (2009) (maybe)
**''
Mylo Xyloto'' (2011)
***"
Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" single (2011)
***"
Paradise" single (2011)
***"
Charlie Brown" single (2011)
***"
Princess of China" single (2012)
***"
Hurts Like Heaven" single (2012)
***"
Up in Flames" single (2012)
**''
Live 2012'' (2012)
References
British graphic designers
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