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A person stands against a colourful, abstract background of red, pink and blue paint strokes. Bold black text across the centre reads “King Khan and the Shrines”.

Sweet collaged gig posters by Berlin's Damien Tran

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Date
6 January 2015

One half of Berlin-based print studio Palefroi, Damien Tran spends his days creating lo-fi gig posters for the various trendy happenings in his hometown. Using the ancient art of wielding shedloads of skill to make something look really easy (see ice skating, playing drums and football), Damien’s posters are a lot more intricate than they seem, and pleasingly stray away from the classic gig poster aesthetic we so often see. His style is so recognisable that I don’t doubt there are a few people in Berlin collecting the posters by him that they see fluttering on billboards in the cold wind, I know I’d nick that Micachu one if I could.

A collage poster for “Saal Fest” featuring bold, abstract shapes in black, yellow, orange and purple. Text lists the date as “August 11th 9pm” and the venue as “Festsaal Kreuzberg”. The line-up includes live performances by “Micachu & The Shapes” and “Kwes”, with DJ sets by “Urban Mutations” and “Micachu”.
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Damien Tran: Micachu

A collage featuring a person with blonde hair in a thick braid, seen from the side. They appear to be stepping through a doorway into an orange, textured landscape. Text at the bottom reads “Crystal Stilts”, “Blank Dogs”, “Festsaal Kreuzberg” and “.05..06..11. Berlin”.
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Damien Tran: Crystal Stilts

A collage featuring a person’s face partially obscured by a purple ring of orange spheres. Above them, a dark blue shape contains the text “GANGLIANS”, the date “23.09.11”, and “REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL HAMBURG”.
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Damien Tran: Ganglians

A person in a light blue bodysuit and mask poses with a skull-topped staff. The bold typographic poster reads “King Khan and the Shrines” against a vibrant, abstract background of colourful streaks.
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Damien Tran: King Khan and the Shrines

A typographic poster for “Letra / Tone”, a festival for graphics and music. The title is rendered in large, yellow letters layered over a distorted, black-and-white abstract shape. Text at the top and bottom lists the event details, dates in November 2014, and a line-up of artists.
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Damien Tran: Letratone

An abstract collage in shades of purple, grey and pink. Geometric shapes and textured, hatched patterns overlap a pale, blurred figure. Small text at the bottom reads “Mercredi 5 Juin Nantes Stereolux” and “Fordamage”, above the letters “A R S”.
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Damien Tran: Liars

A pink and white concert poster featuring bold, dark teal typography. It reads “Beach Fossils” and “King Tuff”, with the date “MO 20.05.13 8PM” and the venue “FESTSAAL KREUZBERG” at the top.
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Damien Tran: Beach Fossils

A yellow and black poster for a “Batalj” release party featuring Horacio Pollard. The bottom half shows a bold, abstract ink drawing of swirling, organic shapes. Text lists the date as “Feb 16” in “West Germany” and names several DJs.
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Damien Tran: Batalj

A collage for a publication titled “The Intelligence”. Abstract shapes in green, purple, orange and blue overlap a background of fragmented photographs.
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Damien Tran: Intelligence

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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