John Van Hamersveld (born 1941) is an American graphic artist and illustrator who designed record jackets for pop and psychedelic bands from the 1960s onward. Among the 300 albums covers he designed are artists such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
In 1963, Van Hamersveld received his first major assignment – designing the poster for the surf film The Endsless Summer. After this, he served as Capitol Records Head of Design from 1965 to 1968, working on artwork for including The Beach Boys.
In 1997, Van Hamersveld started his own line of products which revisited his work from 1964 to 1974, which he calls "Post-Future", and printed a fine art edition of The Endless Summer poster. He moved his design work into his Coolhous studio in Santa Monica. Between analogue and digital environments he created work including the posters for the 2005 Cream reunion concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
In 2013, he celebrated 50 years in graphic design by producing a vinyl EP sleeve for Liverpool-based blues-rockers Sankofa, in addition to publishing the book ‘John Van Hamersveld—Coolhaus Studio: 50 Years of Graphic Design’.
