David Airey, graphic designer

TIME magazine covers: worldwide differences

Published on November 28th, 2011 Read the 20 comments »

Selective variations might, on the face of it, appear as censorship, but…

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Archived under Graphics, Marketing.

Boat Magazine

Published on June 17th, 2011 Read the 12 comments »

This lovely publication dropped through my letterbox the other day — the first issue of Boat Magazine.

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Archived under Graphics, Photography.

Patterns in design

Published on June 2nd, 2011 Read the 15 comments »

When I get creative block, I find it helps to return to design in its most natural form.

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Pitching for design work in floating cement factories

Published on April 12th, 2011 Read the 5 comments »

A few features of interest from the design blogs I follow, and more.

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This is the end

Published on January 6th, 2011 Read the 5 comments »

A gallery of the end titles from Warner Bros. movies (1924-1967), collated by designer Christian Annyas. Mouse-over each image (there, not here) to reveal the movie.

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Archived under Graphics, Typography.

What if: Sydenham

Published on July 26th, 2010 Read the 30 comments »

“If one shop, business, bench or sign is improved due to the work we are showing in here, then we will consider it a success.”

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Archived under Branding, Graphics.

Repetition

Published on May 3rd, 2010 Read the 7 comments »

“But that same image, when multiplied a number of times, is often irresistible.”
— BOB GILL

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Olympic pictograms through the ages

Published on March 29th, 2010 Read the 14 comments »

Designer and AIGA Medalist Steven Heller commentates on Olympic pictograms through the ages in a short video from the New York Times. Watch it after the jump.

The photo above shows Otl Aicher’s famous Munich 1972 pictograms. If you know who the image belongs to, please let me know. It’s a great shot and deserves credit.

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AIGA’s response to NEA’s call for logos

Published on February 4th, 2010 Read the 27 comments »

“Only too often, [spec work] results in a client eventually having to bring a more experienced designer onto a project in order to execute it.”

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What graphic design schools are lacking

Published on January 27th, 2010 Read the 60 comments »

Last month I sent out a call to design students and graduates, asking what should be included in an ideal graphic design course.

Here’s the lowdown.

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