David Airey, graphic designer

Jigsaw Internet brandmark and card

Published on April 3rd, 2008 45 appreciated comments »

Shaun Barnes of Jigsaw Internet approached me to redesign his company logo. He knew he wanted a jigsaw piece shown, and preferably more than one (to symbolise a connection).

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Tudor Bourn brand identity design

Published on March 14th, 2008 69 appreciated comments »

The Tudor Bourn Collection is a proposed bed linen textile range. My client manufactures more than 400 ranges for their customers, and it was my role to create the identity design.

A traditional logo was required, appealing to the higher end of the market. The demographics were 45-65 years of age, earning a salary of approximately £60k-85k.

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Tammy Lenski brand identity design

Published on February 26th, 2008 54 appreciated comments »

Tammy Lenski LLC is a business that deals with conflict resolution in the workplace, and Dr. Tammy Lenski approached me to re-design the company brand identity, business card and letterhead.

I’ve always found it a pleasure doing business with someone I know, and this time was certainly no exception. Read on for a detailed insight into the design process.

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Brochure design for the non-profit Darbar

Published on February 11th, 2008 27 appreciated comments »

Darbar, a non-profit organisation for South Asian music, approached me to design their 2008 festival brochure. In this post I show a few sample spreads from the printed publication.

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Fidelity Hearing Center brand identity

Published on January 31st, 2008 42 appreciated comments »

I was approached by the California-based Fidelity Hearing Center, and asked to design a brand identity that was easily differentiated from their competition.

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Logo design for the FFOH record label

Published on January 10th, 2008 62 appreciated comments »

I was recently approached by a newcomer in the record label field, asking if I could assist with their logo design.

The company name is Four Figures One Head, or FFOH.

FFOH was initiated towards the end of 2007 by four leading music producers here in the UK, and they required an identity that was both original, and that represented their unique standing as a collective of talented individuals.

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WARNING: Google’s Gmail security failure leaves my business sabotaged

Published on December 24th, 2007 599 appreciated comments »

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What would you do if a criminal stole something very personal, and very valuable from you? What if they were able to target your business and criple your income? You wouldn’t be too happy now, would you?

What if you also discovered that this was happening because of a Google security infection that can affect every Gmail user on the planet?

That’s what has just happened to me, and here I’m going to tell you my story. I will detail everything I know about the web pirates who are threatening my livelihood, and tell you what you need to know in order to avoid the same thing happening to you.

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Archived under Personal, Portfolio, Web.

Logo design for Unique Blog Designs

Published on November 9th, 2007 28 appreciated comments »

Nate Whitehill, of both Nate Whitehill dot com and Unique Blog Designs (UBD), approached me to design a new logo for UBD.

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Logo design for The Wired Kayaker

Published on October 30th, 2007 30 appreciated comments »

The Wired Kayaker is a blog that combines kayaks, gear and gadgets into one. It’s authored by Drew Bennett, the gold award winner of my graphic design prize draw, and one of Drew’s prizes was a custom logo design from yours truly. Read on for more details.

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The 30 month evolution of my online graphic design portfolio

Published on October 12th, 2007 60 appreciated comments »

Join me on a journey through my past website designs, where I showcase what used to act as my online graphic design portfolio. Be warned, as it’s a bumpy ride through the wonders of MS FrontPage, too many tables, and the tale of one man marketing himself as a large corporation.

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