Author: David Airey
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Graphic Design as a Second Language
I can’t choose a single design book as my “favourite,” but this one’s up there: Graphic Design as a Second Language, by Bob Gill. “The only way to tell which jobs Gill designed yesterday and which ones were designed years ago, is to look at the date. Styles come and go, but his ideas and…
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The vortex house of Dan Havel and Dean Ruck
Dan Havel and Dean Ruck altered two buildings in the Montrose neighbourhood of Houston, Texas. Here’s an excerpt from the art league press release, written before the project started: “Havel and Ruck will create a large funnel-like vortex beginning from the west wall adjacent to Montrose Blvd. The exterior skin of the houses will be…
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The fine art of Octavio Ocampo
Octavio Ocampo was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, on February 28th, 1943. He showed his skills as an artist and sculptor from an early age and studied at the renowned San Carlos Art School in Mexico (now a museum). General’s Family Family of Birds “The longer one looks at his work, the more that is revealed.…
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The anamorphosis of Julian Beever
Artists make money in a variety of ways, and there aren’t many more interesting than anamorphic pavement chalk drawings. Anamorphosis is “a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage point to reconstitute the image.” Julian Beever, a.k.a the Pavement Picasso, is an English chalk artist who…
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Chase Jarvis photography in motion
Chase Jarvis created this uncut series of stills in five days to promote the 2007 Hasselblad Masters. Only 6 to 10 of the 2,000 images captured will ever be used commercially.
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Typography tips for graphic design students
Designer Ben Terrett of Noisy Decent Graphics asked his readers what typographic advice they’d give a third year design student. Here are a few of the most useful answers from the comment thread. “Don’t underestimate its importance. The best ideas, the most beautiful imagery, the most harmonious colour combinations will be blighted by inferior typography.…
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American Psycho business card
A classic scene from Mary Harron’s American Psycho, where Bateman and his co-workers pit their business cards against each other, debating the merits of bone, eggshell, and off-white. Look at that subtle off-white colouring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark.
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Typography School
A good short video recorded in the London College of Communication, looking at the effects computers are having on the next generation of type designers.