Alex Vann Design

23/05/2026

It was lovely to get to the launch of 'Do You Want Rhymes With That?' this week, the new poetry pamphlet I designed for Colin Wells.
This collection is full of wit and canny and candid observations of everyday life. Highly recommend if you are able to catch Colin at an event near you.

Pictured are Nick Pearson (whose book I also previously designed), Paul Francis, myself and Colin.

It was a lovely evening with 20 open mic speakers, reading their own work at the fab Gratitude Cafe

Thank you Emma Purshouse for recommending my design services 🙏🏻

25/04/2026

A blast from my past!

I was in a band in the 90s called LIFT which formed around the time I was graduating from a conceptual graphic design degree course at University of Wolverhampton

The artwork of one of our albums features sculptures I'd made as part of my course.

See the picture captions for more details.

Renewed interest in our music has prompted me to research and recreate artwork I originally created almost 30 years ago 😊

05/04/2026

Happy Easter Sunday!
Here is a watercolor sketch I made in preparation for an art session with young people attending scheme this week.

17/01/2026

I've loved working on this new branding for the band Ridgeometry

Their music is beautiful and the band began life in 1975 after a chance meeting of fellow students Heather and Andy at Birmingham University.

In the 1980s, they started recording their songs on cassette tape. As technology progressed, they used reel-to-reel tape, DAT (Digital Audio Tape), hard disk and finally computer software. Then in 2022, 47 years into their songwriting partnership, they released their debut album, Voice on the Radio, using many of the original vocal recordings.

They plan to release their second album in 2026.

You can hear their brilliant debut album here: https://ridgeometry.bandcamp.com/album/voice-on-the-radio

16/01/2026

We're loving the new online proofing method from our print provider! You get to see the item as it would be in 'real life'.

27/12/2025

Here's another throwback to my Christmas themed artworks.

This is a pencil montage of scenes from the 1970 movie 'Scrooge'.

The film is based on the novella 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens which recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. In the process, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

The film stars Albert Finney, Kenneth More, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans and Anton Rodgers and the songs were written by Leslie Bricusse including: 🎶"Thank you very much."🎶

26/12/2025

It's around this time of year that I do a throwback or two to Christmas themed artworks I've made.

Here's my pencil montage of scenes from the classic 1946 movie 'It's A Wonderful Life' starring Donna Reed and James Stewart in a fantasy drama about a man who has come to believe the world would have been better off had he never been born.

Over the course of the film, Clarence, an endearing middle-aged apprentice angel gains his wings ('every time a bell rings an angel gets it's wings') showing him an alternative life if that had been the case. The moral of the story being the world is a much better place with YOU in it.

Although the movie is regarded now as an inspirational Christmas classic, it was essentially a flop upon it's original release.

26/12/2025

It's around this time of year that I do a throwback or 2 to Christmas themed artworks I've made.

Here's a montage of scenes from the classic 1946 movie 'It's A Wonderful Life' starring Donna Reed and James Stewart in a fantasy drama about a man who has come to believe the world would have been better off had he never been born.

Over the course of the film, Clarence, an endearing middle-aged apprentice angel gains his wings ('every time a bell rings an angel gets it's wings') showing him the alternative life if that had been the case. The moral of the story being the world is a much better place with YOU in it.

Although the movie is regarded now as an inspirational Christmas classic, it was essentially a flop upon it's original release.

02/12/2025

19/11/2025

Excited to announce another recent project: DeeDee's Highways Activity & Colouring Book for DDC Engineering Ltd, designed to introduce young people to engineering in an engaging and interactive way.

It was showcased at the Highways UK Show 2025 at NEC Birmingham last month and went down a storm! 👷🏻‍♂️🚧🛣️🚦✍🏻