David Airey, graphic designer

A call to design students and graduates

Published on December 22nd, 2009 Read the 84 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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Archived under Graphics.

Lovely Package does alcohol

Published on December 9th, 2009 Read the 25 comments »

Inspirational work courtesy of packaging design blog Lovely Package.

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Archived under Graphics, Packaging.

Milton Glaser on design studios

Published on November 15th, 2009 Read the 10 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 Read the 31 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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Archived under Books, Branding, Graphics, Identity.

AIGA medalists

Published on September 28th, 2009 Read the 10 comments »

The medal of AIGA—the most distinguished in the graphic arts field—is awarded to individuals in recognition of their exceptional achievements, services or contributions to the field of design & visual communication.

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Creativity for a moving world

Published on August 21st, 2009 Read the 17 comments »

Moving Brands is an independent brand agency with offices in London, Tokyo, Zurich and San Francisco. This short movie is a timely piece that makes me think about my life in a technologically-driven world.

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The day I proposed

Published on June 25th, 2009 Read the 139 comments »

I asked Catherine if she liked the notes I’d been leaving for her all week (scattered about the house, telling her things I love about her). She did, and asked if there’d be any more. I said, “Actually, there’s one here”, pulling another from my inside pocket.

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Archived under Graphics, Personal.

The art of the title sequence

Published on April 22nd, 2009 Read the 60 comments »

The title sequence for Catch Me If You Can, in particular, is one of my favourites, and here are a few others worthy of a mention.

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Archived under Graphics, Typography.

Honesty breeds interest

Published on April 11th, 2009 Read the 30 comments »

“Everyone who is honest is interesting.”

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A path for our sins

Published on March 23rd, 2009 Read the 37 comments »

Holding your design in print, as a tangible product, gives a sense of satisfaction that just isn’t there with digital imagery. It seems more permanent, less deletable.

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