David Airey, graphic designer

What if: Sydenham

Published on July 26th, 2010 28 appreciated 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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Repetition

Published on May 3rd, 2010 7 appreciated 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 14 appreciated 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 27 appreciated 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 55 appreciated 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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Studio Culture

Published on January 18th, 2010 15 appreciated comments »

Here’s a brief look inside one of my latest graphic design reads: Studio Culture: The secret life of the graphic design studio.

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A call to design students and graduates

Published on December 22nd, 2009 84 appreciated comments »

I know that many of you have either been a design student, or are currently enrolled on a design course. Tell me, what would you change about your course?

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Lovely Package does alcohol

Published on December 9th, 2009 21 appreciated comments »

Inspirational work courtesy of packaging design blog Lovely Package.

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Milton Glaser on design studios

Published on November 15th, 2009 10 appreciated comments »

Photo from PRWeb

“The great benefit of this [everyone sitting together in a single room] is that you can hear what everybody’s saying. I’ve never written a memo in my life, because everybody knows exactly who I’m talking to and what I’m doing. Everybody here knows everybody’s business. If you have a deep sense of privacy I don’t think that you could work for me.”

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Graphic design bookstore

Published on October 16th, 2009 30 appreciated comments »

Image courtesy of NYTimes.com

I’m often asked what graphic design books I recommend, so to save a little time in future I’ve launched a graphic design bookstore.

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