David Airey, graphic designer

Very often the solution is in the problem.

Problem: design stationery for a small theatre.

Solution: make the stationery small.

→ Continue reading Wigan Little Theatre stationery

Archived under Stationery.

When things seem to be getting the better of you, take a moment to remember where you are. You have a roof over your head, water, food, clothes on your back.

This series of striking photographs shows the grim reality for thousands of people living in refuse sites across the globe.

→ Continue reading Your rubbish, their lives

Archived under Photography.

Ford, HSBC, Unilever, Vodafone. Just some of the clients of JWT. You’d expect them to be at the top of their game, everytime. This ad (above) produced for the Junior Horlicks sub-brand tells us that even the big guns can waste your advertising spend.

→ Continue reading JWT get it wrong

Archived under Advertising.

The printer doesn’t have the fonts, the files don’t work, the paper you ordered isn’t made anymore and you forgot to add bleeds in your files, and when your head is reeling and you’re freaking out, they tell you they can’t possibly make your deadline.

Now what happens?

→ Continue reading File preparation for commercial print

Archived under Printing.

This print ad caught my eye, for the IDBI Bank’s ‘education loans’.

It focuses your attention on the idea. Created by Bates Enterprise, Mumbai, India. Nice.

→ Continue reading IDBI Bank: Book

Archived under Advertising.