David Airey, graphic designer

Hatch Show Print

Published on January 22nd, 2010 Read the 18 comments »

A fascinating eight-minute look at Hatch Show Print, a 130 year-old working letterpress shop (established 1879) in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Archived under Printing, Typography.

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.

30 inspiring Flickr groups on typography

Published on August 21st, 2008 Read the 38 comments »

Inspiring typographical Flickr collections, for designers and type nuts. The following groups contain more than 50,000 images showcasing typography. Just about enough to quench your type desires.

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The alphabet, but not as we know it…

Published on November 15th, 2007 Read the 55 comments »

The alphabet in light writing, found on Nir Tober’s Flickr page. If light writing is your thing, check out this previous post of mine, with some light writing YouTube videos.

In this post I showcase a number of creative ways to display the English alphabet. Some fascinating works of art.

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Archived under Art, Photography, Typography.

Helvetica NOW poster design contest

Published on November 7th, 2007 Read the 15 comments »

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Helvetica™ typeface, Linotype™ invited designers worldwide to take part in the Helvetica NOW poster design contest.

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Archived under Posters, Typography.

13 typefaces for graphic designers

Published on October 25th, 2007 Read the 57 comments »

With thousands of different typefaces on offer, it’s good to have a select few that act as main-stays in your collection. The following 13 typefaces are ones you’ll find many graphic designers using.

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Archived under Typography.

Typography resources

Published on August 13th, 2007 Read the 12 comments »

Here are a few typography resources, offering tips, tutorials and advice.

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Typography tips for graphic design students

Published on May 18th, 2007 Read the 55 comments »

A week or two ago, London-based graphic designer Ben Terrett, of Noisy Decent Graphics, asked his readers this question: What basic typographic advice would you give a third year graphic design student?

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Archived under Books, Typography.

Top 3 graphic design mistakes Americans make

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

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Poster design inspiration from Switzerland

Published on March 16th, 2007 Read the 9 comments »

For the poster design lovers out there I recommend a tour of this Swiss poster collection. The one above was designed by Ralph Schraivogel, Zürich, in 1994.

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Archived under Posters, Typography.