David Airey

Category: Resources

  • Canada Modern

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    Canada Modern is a physical and digital archive of modernist Canadian graphic design, focusing on the period 1960—1985. It’s the culmination of Blair Thomson’s long-held ambition to curate a comprehensive national cache, whilst addressing the absence of any such resource on a singular thread. “Canada Modern exists to preserve, document, educate and inspire, to build…

  • Desk space and design kit

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    A quick look at some of the kit I use and recommend. I’ve worked from home since 2005. The home’s changed six or seven times — one reason why a minimal approach is helpful — but there’s some standard gear that sticks around, and I definitely find it easier to focus when the desk isn’t…

  • Where do ideas come from?

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    “Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.” — Chuck Close A good, short film by Toronto-based Andrew Norton. More details on transom.org.

  • The Met makes 375,000 images free

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    The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a new policy known as Open Access, making 375,000 images of artworks freely available for unrestricted use (including commercial) in accordance with the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) designation. The museum’s director and CEO, Thomas Campbell, said in a statement: “We have been working toward the goal of sharing our…

  • 27inch iMac vs 32inch BenQ BL3201PT

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    Taiwanese electronics firm BenQ kindly sent me this a couple of weeks ago — a 32inch ultra high definition monitor (their BL3201PT). A bit of a coincidence as I know my 27inch iMac (2010), despite still being excellent, won’t last forever, and for portability I’d thought of a switch to a MacBook/monitor setup. So for…

  • Talent is overrated

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    One of the most valuable things you can do when you are young is to learn from people who are creating the work you want to be making one day.

  • All For a Few Good Waves

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    All For a Few Good Waves is an interesting short documentary that gives a raw glimpse into the life and work of graphic designer David Carson.

  • 180,000 public domain images, free to download and reuse

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    The New York Public Library has made it possible to download out-of-copyright photos, posters, book covers, and more, in the highest resolution available. Illustration of writing brushes, 1908. “That means everyone has the freedom to enjoy and reuse these materials in almost limitless ways. The Library now makes it possible to download such items in…

  • Fontstand launches

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    Fontstand is a Mac OS X app that allows you to try fonts for free or rent them by the month for desktop use.

  • Printing Flaunt

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    Armin and Bryony of UnderConsideration have just released the second edition of Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work. It’s available in print and as a single licence PDF, and Armin took time to answer a few questions about the book’s printing and packaging.