David James Lawton
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...
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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...
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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
- 1 min
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...
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David James Lawton
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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