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UnderConsideration is a graphic design enterprise that runs a network of blogs, publishes books, organizes live events, and designs for clients.
online
Brand New / Displaying opinions, and focusing solely, on corporate and brand identity work.
FPO (For Print Only) / Celebrating the reality that print is not dead by showcasing the most compelling printed projects.
Brand New Classroom / Providing a space for critique and opinions on student identity work.
Speak Up (2002 – 2009) / Discussing, and looking for, what is relevant in, and the relevance of, graphic design. Archives Only.
Word It (2003 – 2010) / Encouraging creative diversity in the community through monthly, one-word challenges. Archives Only.
publishing
Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work / 2010, self-published.
Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design / 2009, Rockport.
Women of Design: Influence and Inspiration from the Original Trailblazers to the New Groundbreakers / 2008, HOW Books.
The Word It Book: Speak Up Presents a Gallery of Interpreted Words / 2007, HOW Books.
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2010 Brand New Conference / A one-day event on the development of corporate and brand identity projects by some of today’s most active and influential practitioners from around the world.
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Aldus Manutius (1455-1515) is the subject of a new exhibition at The Grolier Club. “Aldus Manutius: A Legacy More Lasting Than Bronze” will be on display through April 25, 2015. Review (by Jennifer Schuessler) and slideshow available here.
02.27.2015
The exhibition “Everything is Design: The Work of Paul Rand” just opened at the Museum of the City of New York, and will run through July 19, 2015. Reviewed by Ken Johnson here.
02.27.2015
Is this a picture of a white dress with gold lace, or a blue dress with black lace? This has to be one of the most bizarre optical phenomena I’ve seen.
02.27.2015
Maxistentialism Zine, available for backing on Kickstarter only for 60-ish hours (49 as of this writing) by Max Temkin, with layout by Simple Scott, and monthly covers by Chicago artist Chad Kouri. Subjects will include philosophy, design, humor, and social insects.
02.26.2015
The current beta version of Apple’s upcoming iOS 8.3 includes a keyboard feature that will allow you to assign a skin color to your emojis, “based on the Fitzpatrick scale — a dermatology standard adopted by the Unicode Consortium.”
02.26.2015
This looks interesting and worth helping out: “If you’re a designer working in the UK or US GraphicDesign& needs you! We want to find out how graphic designers work and what you care about. The results will be revealed in a GD& Social Science publication later in 2015.”
02.26.2015
Parting It Out: Writing on Graphic Design, a book by Tokyo-based designer Ian Lynam about design, culture, and criticism. Currently on Kickstarter (and almost fully backed).
02.26.2015
The Comic Book Convention Survival Guide by Kyle Rose and Matthew Bernardaims is exactly what it sounds like and it sounds like, in the excitement of a comic book convention, must con-goers seem to forget the basics of survival. If you’ve ever been hungry or cash-less, this book is for you.
02.26.2015
“A brief history of skateboarding” animated by Antonio Vicentini and David Galasse. Amazingly it’s NOT in the minimalist/smooth style that’s today’s default and it’s possibly some of the freshest animation recently.
02.25.2015