David Airey, graphic designer

Edinburgh’s Beer 2.0 evening was a good chance to network with like-minded designers, inside the WhiteSpace building.

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Here I detail a few common client misconceptions, such as this:

A client might ask for a specific Pantone colour from their Pantone swatch book. The designer sets the file exactly as is required, yet when the client sees an example on their computer monitor they are disappointed that the colour isn’t the same. Why is that?

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Ever since receiving my first LP as a youngster (Michael Jackson’s Thriller) I’ve had a strong passion for music. Here I piece together an excellent round-up of creative music videos. The first one (above), is Here it goes again, by OK Go. Enjoy!

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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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Ever since last October, when I started publishing articles online, I looked forward to the time when I could feature my best articles. Here’s why it’s a good idea, and a couple of different ways how you can do the same.

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