Author: David Airey
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Creative Penguin book covers
These cover designs for Penguin Education are great. Juniors, cover design by: Omnific/Philip Thompson. Personality, design by: Omnific/George Mayhew. Half Way There, design by: Omnific/Martin Causer. Ageing, design by: Omnific/Derek Birdsall. Males & Females, design by: Omnific/Derek Birdsall. Courtesy of avid Penguin collector Richard Weston. You can view Richard’s complete series of covers in the…
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Tien-Min Liao’s handmade type
This is a self-initiated typographic experiment that explores the relationships between upper-case and lower-case letters, and also records the transformation between them.
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Will Pearson’s 360 panoramic tours
From the summit of the Shard London Bridge. “I grew up in the Peak District, Derbyshire and after a post-university stint in Nottingham headed south to London and have been a fixture here ever since. I’ve been a professional panoramic photographer since the mid-nineties. I love my job and each day is different, the opportunity…
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Boa Mistura: Luz nas Vielas
This street art project by Boa Mistura brightened my day. “The work of Boa Mistura is all about the love of graffiti, colour and life. This group of five Spanish artists is, as the name says, a good mixture. Arkoh, Derko, Pahg, Purone and Rdick have developed their work in different fields, applying both a…
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The smallest business cards ever
“Designed by Calgary-based design studio Wax, these cards for a small business bookkeeper are quite possibly the smallest thing we’ve ever produced.”
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A manifesto on writing for design
Written by Jim Davies, a commercial writer and cultural commentator whose work has been accepted into the D&AD annual for six years running. I’m delighted to have been asked to be foreman of the Writing for Design jury in this year’s D&AD Awards. It struck me that I should get my thoughts together and set…
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When designing a book cover…
…even if it’s likely to be a one-off, it can a good idea (and potentially easier to sell to a client or publisher) to treat the cover design like the first in a series, because you never know where it might lead. A few cover collections I like (some more obviously pre-planned than others). By…
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The design company is not the only place to be a designer
Mike Dempsey: “Younger designers [are] getting into a very overcrowded business, and increasingly so. Do you have any thoughts?” Michael Wolff: “I do actually. The main thought I have is don’t think a design company is where a designer should necessarily be, because if you’re interested in creativity and you are creative and you can…