Peter Sullivan (designer)
Encyclopedia
Peter Sullivan was a British graphic designer
best known for his work on information graphics
in The Sunday Times
. He worked for the paper 15 years, starting from the beginning of the 1970s, until his death at the age of 64. His colleagues included Nigel Holmes
, Edwin Taylor, Robert Harding and John Grimwade. Sullivan was also Head of Graphic Design at Canterbury College of Art.
In 1987 he wrote the book Newspaper Graphics, which is still one of the few books that deal with information graphics in newspapers. In 1993 he continued on the topic in his book Information Graphics in Colour.
In the annual Malofiej-competition for information graphics, the highest prize is named Peter Sullivan award. The competition is held by the SND
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Graphic designer
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed or electronic media, such as brochures and...
best known for his work on information graphics
Information graphics
Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge. These graphics present complex information quickly and clearly, such as in signs, maps, journalism, technical writing, and education...
in The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times (UK)
The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper, distributed in the United Kingdom. The Sunday Times is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International, which is in turn owned by News Corporation. Times Newspapers also owns The Times, but the two papers were founded...
. He worked for the paper 15 years, starting from the beginning of the 1970s, until his death at the age of 64. His colleagues included Nigel Holmes
Nigel Holmes
Nigel Holmes is a British graphic designer and theorist, who focuses on information graphics and information design.- Biography :Holmes received a MA in illustration from the Royal College of Art in 1966....
, Edwin Taylor, Robert Harding and John Grimwade. Sullivan was also Head of Graphic Design at Canterbury College of Art.
In 1987 he wrote the book Newspaper Graphics, which is still one of the few books that deal with information graphics in newspapers. In 1993 he continued on the topic in his book Information Graphics in Colour.
In the annual Malofiej-competition for information graphics, the highest prize is named Peter Sullivan award. The competition is held by the SND
Society for News Design
The Society for News Design is an international organization for professionals working in the news sector of the media industry, specifically those involved with graphic design, illustration, web design and infographics....
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Selected works
- Sullivan, Peter. (1987) Newspaper Graphics. IFRA, Darmnstadt.
- Sullivan, Peter. (1993) Information Graphics in Colour. IFRA, Darmstadt.
Sources
- Taylor, Edwin. (1996) In memory of a penman of genius, obituary in The Sunday Times on June 2, 1996.
- Evans, Harold. (1978) Editing and Design 4: Pictures on a Page. William Heinemann, London.
- Holmes, Nigel. An interview by John Grimwade Accessed April 15, 2007.
- SND. Malofiej Accessed April 15, 2007.