Peter Sullivan (1932–1996) was a British
graphic designer
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best known for his work on
information graphics
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in
The Sunday Times
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. 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
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Biography
Graduating from Royal College of Art in London in 1966, H ...
, 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/E.
Selected works
*Sullivan, Peter. (1987) ''Newspaper Graphics''. IFRA, Darmstadt.
*Sullivan, Peter. (1993) ''Information Graphics in Colour''. IFRA, Darmstadt.
References
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
Accessed April 15, 2007.
Information graphic designers
British graphic designers
1932 births
1996 deaths
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