Blogging and all that Malarkey

Dave Letorey has an Isolation Station project where he’s interviewing industry people about their favourite music in a Desert Island Discs style. Last Friday he asked me to join him to talk about some music which is important to me. It was a fun forty minutes.

Throughout 2020, I’ve committed to designing 52 designs for a series of Inspired Design Decisions. This is week seventeen and my design this week was again inspired by Bradbury Thompson.

Throughout 2020, I’ve committed to designing 52 designs for a series of Inspired Design Decisions. This is week sixteen and my design this week was inspired by Italian graphic designer Giovanni Pintori.

Throughout 2020, I’ve committed to designing 52 designs for a series of Inspired Design Decisions. This is week fifteen and my design this week was again inspired by Herb Lubalin.

Throughout 2020, I’ve committed to designing 52 designs for a series of Inspired Design Decisions. This is week fourteen and my design this week was again inspired by Max Huber.

Throughout 2020, I’ve committed to designing 52 designs for a series of Inspired Design Decisions. This is week thirteen and my design this week was inspired by art director and graphic designer David Carson.

While articles about how to use CSS Grid and Flexbox are common, when and why to use them is hardly ever discussed. Very few people are taught design fundamentals or see inspiring examples to learn from. Through my series of “ Inspired design decisions “ magazines, I plan to change that.

Throughout 2020, I’ve committed to designing 52 designs for a series of Inspired Design Decisions. This is week twelve and my design this week was inspired by Swiss born graphic designer Armin Hoffman who is now 99 years old.

Throughout 2020, I’ve committed to designing 52 designs for a series of Inspired Design Decisions. My design this week was again inspired by Max Huber. Huber taught graphic design in the Swiss town of Lugano, which coincidentally is where I stay when I go to work in Switzerland. He died in Mendrisio—where my Swiss office is—in 1992.

Throughout 2020, I’ve committed to designing 52 designs for a series of Inspired Design Decisions. This is week ten and my design this week was inspired by Czechoslovakian born graphic designer and typographer Ladislav Sutnar.