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Graphic design prize draw winners

David Airey Jamie Clague

It’s finally arrived, the month of my one year blog birthday, and in celebration, I’ve given away some fantastic prizes, kindly donated by a host of excellent blog authors.

The winners listed were drawn by Jamie, of Terinea, using a random number generator. Thanks for your help, Jamie.

Here are the lucky winners.

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What’s on your to-do list?

to do list

Not a day goes by when I don’t think to myself, “I’ll have to do that at some point.” Little things that aren’t exactly vital, but can be important nonetheless, such as:

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$4,000 blog anniversary prize draw

gold medal

To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of my graphic design blog, I’m launching this bumper giveaway to thank you all. You’ve helped make this site what it is today and here are the fantastic prizes up for grabs.

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5 things about design, blogs, and me

design things

Brian Gardner recently asked me, and some design friends, five questions related to . Here’s the short Q and A session.

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1 year anniversary prize giveaway

Glasses with goldfish

Having started my blog last October, it won’t be long before the one year anniversary. To celebrate, I’m running a graphic design / marketing / branding / SEO / blogging prize giveaway, with the aim of thanking each and every one of you for your valued contributions, subscriptions and site visits.

I recently contacted a few niche experts, asking if they could get involved and offer a prize. The result so far has been fantastic! You really don’t want to miss out on this one, and thank you so much to everyone giving their valuable time to help.

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The psychology of blog publishing

Escher symmetry

Starting your own blog can have many consequences on your train of thought. For instance, there isn’t a day that goes by where I haven’t wondered if something will make a good blog post. There’s a whole psychology around publishing a blog, and here I highlight just a few of the thoughts that I’m prompted into thinking.

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Eight little-known facts about me

This post is in response to a couple of ‘tags’ I received lately. Ian at Failure is the key to success tagged me with an ‘eight random facts’ meme. Paul at Reflections tagged me with an ‘eight things you don’t know about me’ meme. I don’t often participate in memes (says he who started The [...]

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When are you a successful designer?

Graphic Design Edinburgh

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

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What inspires you?

Do you ever feel down, like you’re in the wrong profession? I think that we all, at some point or other, wonder if we’ve made the right decisions. Human nature keeps us questioning ourselves. It’s times when we ponder moves unmade that we draw on the inspiration that keeps us on track. There’s an interesting [...]

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Personal logo design sketches

David Airey logo black and white

Here are some of the pencil sketches I created during my personal logo design process. This is around half the total sketches made (others were on scraps of paper that have been either lost or tossed).

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