http://www.bigactive.com/blog Art Direction, Graphic Design, and the Creative Management of leading Image-Makers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:54:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.bigactive.com/blog/david-foldvari-death-penalty-economy/ http://www.bigactive.com/blog/david-foldvari-death-penalty-economy/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 11:49:07 +0000 admin http://www.bigactive.com/blog/?p=214 David Foldvari recently collaborated with T-Post, probably the only subscription based, current affairs T-shirt brand operating out of Sweden - check out his “Death Penalty Economy Measure” design…

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]]> http://www.bigactive.com/blog/credit-crunch-monty/feed/ 0 http://www.bigactive.com/blog/editorial-comment/ http://www.bigactive.com/blog/editorial-comment/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:11:49 +0000 admin http://www.bigactive.com/blog/?p=124 We’ve just updated David Foldvari’s selection on our site with a selection of some of his best editorial illustrations of the last 12 months or so, many of them taken from Charlie Brooker’s regular spot for the Guardian.

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