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Love this idea and execution: Tube Toys transform the packaging into the toy itself.
06.29.2012
Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
• Plamen
• Doug Bartow
• Josh Berta
• Niki Blaker
• James I Bowie
• Ricardo Cordoba
• Diane Zerr
• Quipsologies, is a division of UnderConsideration, chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
• Quipsologies uses TypeKit to render P22 Underground, Skolar Web by TypeTogether, and Coquette by Mark Simonson.
• Quipsologies is run with Six Apart’s MovableType 6.8.8
• All comments, ideas and thoughts on Quipsologies are property of their authors; reproduction without the author’s or Quipsologies’s permission is strictly prohibited
• Search through our archives (starting with Vol. 45 September 2010)
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.
live events
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.
graphic design
Department of Design / Designing corporate and brand identities and full development of printed and digital matter for clients.
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Love this idea and execution: Tube Toys transform the packaging into the toy itself.
06.29.2012
The Mantry, a subscription service that sends manly stuff for a man’s pantry. Useless but like the box.
06.29.2012
The World’s First and Only Completely Honest Resume of a Graphic Designer by Marco Kaye
06.29.2012
Great line of messenger bags made out of repurposed cement bags from well-known South African manufacturer, Pretoria Portland Cement.
06.28.2012
Wonderfully creepy and 3D-ish type-based animation for Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase 2011. Check the link to read how they did it.
06.28.2012
Twitter Blocks, a student project by Kudzai Dyirakumunda where he laser-etches woodblocks with Tweets.
06.28.2012
Student Andrew Duncan explores the scientific formula for concocting romantic comedies.
06.28.2012
The importance of design consistency in all aspects of life: a step that is just slightly higher than all others steps in a stairway leading out of a New York City subway station. Amazing how disruptive it is.
06.28.2012
Amazing, fractal-ish, handmade poster out of paper, used at fund-raising events to serve as an emblem to provide aid and support to people in Fukushima, Japan after the natural disasters and nuclear plant crisis in March, 2011. More images at the link. Created by Kyosuke Nishida, Brian Li Sui Fong, Dominic Liu.
06.28.2012
Colorado-based designers have teamed up to start Wild Fire Tees. 100% of their proceeds will go to the Colorado wildfire relief efforts across the state.
06.28.2012