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Graphic Design: Alex Sullivan's prints are on the really good side of trendy

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Date
30 July 2013

He’s a tad mysterious but Alex Sullivan’s bold graphic design suggests he’s a pretty fun man. Judging by the fact that most of his designs are for lo-fi films, underground music and record labels, we can almost guarantee that Alex is quite cool, which is pretty refreshing seeing as a lot of the time people who design stuff for labels and indie films can be a tad pretentious. None of that over here though; his pieces are a perfect blend of retro-inspired, well-informed graphic design that we loved the minute we saw it. His series for City Bass in particular is a very, very impressive.

A graphic poster for a film titled “The Great Lake Predator”. A wide, open mouth with sharp white teeth is rendered in bold blue and green shapes, with a single yellow eye peering from the side. Small text at the top reads “A Sion Eirug Film”, with a list of credits along the bottom.
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Alex Sullivan: The Great Lake Predator poster

A poster for a music event features a grid of 20 orange spheres against a dark grey background. Bold white text in the centre reads “GERRY READ”, with “CITYBASS” at the top and “Undertone” at the bottom.
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Alex Sullivan: City Bass

A monochromatic poster for a Citybass event features the word “October” spelled out across a series of interlocking, ribbon-like shapes. Text at the bottom reads “Undertone Bar Saturday 13th October”, with smaller details regarding the time and price below.
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Alex Sullivan: City Bass

A graphic poster for a Citybass event featuring the name “John Heckle”. A series of black concentric rectangles create a tunnel effect, intersected by a thick, winding orange and red gradient shape. Text at the top reads “Saturday 10th November” and “Undertone Bar”. The word “Mathematics” appears at the bottom alongside event timings and pricing.
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Alex Sullivan: City Bass

A typographic poster in blue and white features the name “Delroy Edwards” split across four lines in a bold, rounded font. The top of the page reads “Citybass 10.05.13 Undertone”.
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Alex Sullivan: City Bass

A square album cover featuring a soft gradient that shifts from deep blue on the left to orange and yellow on the right. White text is scattered across the design, including the words “MIDLAND”, “A-ARCHIVE 01” and “B-REALTIME”.
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Alex Sullivan: Graded Records, logo

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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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