David Airey

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  • Bob Gill

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    I enjoyed looking through Bob Gill’s website. Born in Brooklyn in 1931, the renowned graphic designer has a talent for turning project briefs into memorable, appropriate, witty outcomes. Ecumenical (today’s new word) = general, universal. I missed the release of his latest book, Bob Gill, so far, published by Laurence King in October last year,…

  • 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…