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May 11, 2020
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The Joys of Caffeine

Pumping yourself full of coffee in the morning may not be too advantageous to people working in the creative industries. A new study has ...

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David James Lawton

May 9, 2020
1 min

Infographics

Graphic Design Tip of the Day: Infographics are a concise and visually appealing way of presenting sometimes complicated information in a...

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David James Lawton

May 7, 2020
1 min

Winging It

Everybody is just winging it. My life message for today, and probably the most reassuring thing for anybody to learn. As soon as you real...

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David James Lawton

May 5, 2020
1 min

The Importance of Boredom

Time to get all nostalgic about boredom. Do you remember when nothing used to be open on a Sunday? or when we didn’t have social media to...

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David James Lawton

May 3, 2020
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The Age of Plastic

Here’s a glimpse into my early encounters with the world of graphic design. I used to make my own magazines. These are all over twenty ye...

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David James Lawton

May 1, 2020
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Designer Problem of the Day

Can you chisel me something that jumps off the wall? I'll then show it to a few people...

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David James Lawton

Apr 29, 2020
1 min

Brown Kids

I really should stop looking at these design fails, but it’s like a crack habit... Maybe space out the authors name from the book title a...

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David James Lawton

Apr 27, 2020
1 min

Designers Problem of the Day

I never do this of course. I'm a good boy :-) Well, hardly ever...

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David James Lawton

Apr 25, 2020
1 min

A Regal Swatch

Still my favourite Pantone swatch book. Remember, there’s also a pre-1969 greyscale version from the days before colour was invented by S...

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David James Lawton

Apr 23, 2020
1 min

Designers Problem of the Day

No. 184 in a series of 955: Always maintain a poker-face whilst sat in front of your mac. Never suggest pressure, or behold the spinning ...

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David James Lawton

Apr 21, 2020
1 min

Heeby Jeebies

I know this poster has been produced for comic effect, but there's still something really disconcerting about it! It reminds me of a miss...

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David James Lawton

Apr 19, 2020
1 min

C*mic Sans

What’s the most annoying use of the much-maligned font comic sans that you can think of? For me, here's the very definition of a double-e...

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David James Lawton

Apr 17, 2020
1 min

The Designers Mindset

As well as being a technical process, graphic design is also a psychological one too. Understanding how your mind works, and how you as a...

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David James Lawton

Apr 15, 2020
1 min

The Client Is King

When it comes to how much design involvement you’d like a client to have in a project, there tends to be two schools of thought. There ar...

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David James Lawton

Apr 13, 2020
1 min

Interview Etiquette

As a designer, if you attend a job interview, would you wear a suit? (even if you know no-one in the studio dresses smartly on a day-to-d...

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David James Lawton

Apr 11, 2020
1 min

Beats and Bubbles

One of my favourite pastimes is collecting vinyl. Sometimes I buy stuff just because I like the covers, and if it’s a Barney Bubbles desi...

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David James Lawton

Apr 9, 2020
1 min

Folio!

One for the older viewers! Did you ever use ‘Folio’ for the BBC Micro? There was a time when this was the dogs doodahs. well, in terms of...

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David James Lawton

Apr 7, 2020
1 min

Am I Saving The World?

It always makes me smile when you attend design talks or presentations and the speakers bang on about their own self importance as if the...

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David James Lawton

Apr 5, 2020
1 min

Outside The Box?

Sometimes thinking inside the box is also good! A good example of when the concept is good, but the application is less than terrific. On...

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David James Lawton

Apr 3, 2020
1 min

The Menu From Hell

Can I interest you in anything from this rasper of a menu? A drink? A starter? A migraine? Is it possible to be any worse than this?!!

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