Comments on: Ask the Expert – Designing a Logo with David Airey

By: Jad Limcaco

Jad Limcaco — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:35:39 +0000

Agreed. Thanks for the comments Kevin. This was really a great interview.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:18:49 +0000

Adrian, Kevin, Sumeet, I’m glad you picked up something of use from my chat. Thanks for reading, and for leaving me a comment, too.
David Airey´s latest Blog Entry – Logo design from The Chase

By: Jad Limcaco

Jad Limcaco — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:10:16 +0000

@Sumeet – It’s always good to know that the article has been helpful to somebody. Keep on coding!

By: Sumeet Chawla

Sumeet Chawla — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:59:42 +0000

Though am not much of a designer but this has been really useful to me You mentioned that “If it’s not enjoyable, find what it is that makes you happy and do that instead.. “. I love to code and thats what I enjoy the most. But sometimes I do have to take up designing stuffs and thats where suggestive and valuable posts from professionals like yourself help people like me a lot

~ Thanks David.
Sumeet Chawla´s latest Blog Entry – Spice Up Your Twitter Feed Display Box Using CSS

By: Kevin Zurawel

Kevin Zurawel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:32:38 +0000

My favorite part of the entire interview:

“I don’t believe inspiration is necessary for the job of a designer.”

At first, this sounded to me like a pretty bold statement, but I think in a lot of ways it’s true. Your job is to present your client’s message – personality and all – and if you really have to go hunting for further inspiration, you probably don’t understand your client as well as you should. Ideally your client will know enough about themselves to present you with all you need, and if they don’t, a good designer will be able to tease that information out of the client. Any “inspiration” beyond that is just icing on the cake.

By: Jad Limcaco

Jad Limcaco — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:39:58 +0000

@Jacob – Thanks for that link to the interview with Stefan Sagmeister. It was a good read.

@David – Thanks again for doing this interview.

@Adrian – Definitely some great advice from David.

By: Adrian Bornea

Adrian Bornea — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:31 +0000

I love the way you treat trends and that you emphasized the fact that a good designer design with passion. Nice interview.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:19:29 +0000

Some of Stefan’s talks are great. I particularly like his idea of bringing his retirement into his working life—a yearly sabbatical every seven years. Great stuff.
David Airey´s latest Blog Entry – Ask Tom Geismar

By: Jacob Cass

Jacob Cass — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:08:06 +0000

Good point about designing because you're passionate and thanks for another valuable insight. Also just finished reading an interview with Stefan Sagmeister and he outlines some other very valid points for aspiring designers. Definitely worth a read. Thanks again. .-= Jacob Cass´s latest Blog Entry - Recently Completed Work =-.