David Airey

Category: Graphics

  • TIME magazine covers: worldwide differences

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    The difference between the US version of the TIME cover and that of the rest of the world recently proved to be a popular comparison on Reddit, with some calling it censorship. TIME covers, 24th October 2011. TIME covers, 05th December 2011. TIME covers, 02nd April 2007. TIME covers, 03rd November 2008. TIME covers, 08th…

  • Boat Magazine

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    This lovely publication dropped through my letterbox the other day — the first issue of Boat Magazine.

  • Patterns in design

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    When I find it more of a challenge than usual to come up with ideas, it helps to return to design in its most natural form. A basic human skill is the ability to interpret patterns. We use them to gauge the past, present, and future in all kinds of things: the layers of earth…

  • If design was an iceberg

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    Multi-million dollar investments in contest-listing websites will inevitably prompt a more aggressive marketing push, but as long as self-respecting designers continue to differentiate themselves this won’t affect client acquisition. I can understand the investor attraction to spec work websites. After all, the sites profit through nothing more than the sale of contest-listings. So as long…

  • Responding to spec work requests

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    I rarely reply to the weekly email requests that ask for spec work. For whatever reason, today I did. Here was the pitch. Hello, I’m reaching out to you to let you know about this unique project to work with DJ Rusko. Talenthouse has partnered with KarmaloopTV and top English DJ and producer, DJ Rusko,…

  • Chinese proverbs for the design profession

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    While they mightn’t relate directly to what we do as designers, with a little translation, Chinese proverbs hold some solid advice. Proverb: “Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.” Translation: Even when lacking in execution, design with a solid idea will be infinitely more memorable than a bland design that’s polished to…

  • Olympic pictograms through the ages

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    Designer and AIGA medalist Steven Heller commentates on Olympic pictograms through the ages in this short video from the New York Times.

  • What graphic design schools are lacking

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    I asked design students and graduates what they’d include in their ideal graphic design course. Here’s what they told me. “Design school teaches you how to talk to other designers … there needs to be an entire course on talking to people who are not designers.” — Stephen Lee Ogden “First-year students should be put…

  • 50 graphic design blogs

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    I compiled this list of design blogs back in 2007. Many are no longer updated, and I’ve since unsubscribed from quite a few. Here’s a more current selection. It can take time finding talented graphic designers, but it’s fair to say the best have a healthy online presence. So to make things easier, here are…

  • Graphic Design as a Second Language

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    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…