David Airey, graphic designer

When are you a successful designer?

Published on May 22nd, 2007 Read the 20 comments »

So, when do you consider you are a successful designer?

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Archived under Graphics, Personal.

How do you write a design brief?

Published on May 10th, 2007 Read the 71 comments »

Any graphic design project needs a detailed design brief. There are two main reasons:

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Archived under Business, Graphics.

The world’s best logo designers?

Published on April 30th, 2007 Read the 84 comments »

Are these some of the world’s best logo designers? There are many other iconic logo designers, but these are names associated with some of the best logos around. Leave your thoughts, objections or suggestions by typing a comment.

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Archived under Graphics, Identity.

Focus on graphic design blogs

Published on April 26th, 2007 Read the 10 comments »

Ace Jet 170 is a blog by Richard Weston, an English graphic designer working in Belfast (a city close to my heart). Richard is married with two “very young, active, funny and very brilliant” boys. At work he mainly develops and implements brands and corporate IDs, works very hard and eats cake.

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Archived under Blogs, Graphics.

Creative Design Awards now open

Published on April 10th, 2007 Read the 31 comments »

I’d like to give you credit for implementing what I believe is an excellent design element into your website or blog. Be it a great logo, footer, use of imagery, or something unique that I’ve not seen anywhere else. Hence my humble Creative Design Awards.

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Archived under Blogs, Graphics.

What makes a good logo?

Published on April 2nd, 2007 Read the 176 comments »

When it comes to seeing a logo that makes you wonder, “Why didn’t I think of that?”, what is it about the design that gives that impression?

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Top 3 graphic design mistakes Americans make

Published on March 31st, 2007 Read the 10 comments »

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Archived under Graphics, Typography.

How to combat anti-smoking cigarette packaging

Published on March 28th, 2007 Read the 18 comments »

Are you a smoker? Would this cigarette packaging (above) put you off smoking? I bet Marlboro are loving this government addition to their cigarette packets. Pitcure the facial expression of your date, when you calmly light up a cigarette before flipping the packet onto the table where she sits opposite. I think it’d be a [...]

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Archived under Graphics, Marketing.

TIME cover designs: USA vs rest of the world

Published on March 27th, 2007 Read the 15 comments »

How different is graphic design in the United States from the rest of the world?

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Three most important design tools known

Published on March 25th, 2007 Read the 15 comments »

Forget Apple. Forget Adobe. The three most important design tools known to man and woman are (in reverse order of importance): A nutritious breakfast A sketch pad (pencil included) Your brain Budding designers take note, a computer does not enter the top three. What’s up there in your top tools?

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