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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.
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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Around this time of year we start to see a lot of ho-hum takes on calendars but this one, by London-based POST, is a knockout: “DodeCal is an innovative polyhedra calendar system, designed with mathematical precision and finished in high quality European sycamore”. Limited edition of 100 for year 2017. Better get on it. Also, plenty of process pictures at the link.
10.20.2016
Houston, TX-based design firm Rigsby Hull is mobilizing taco trucks across the city to help people to register vote by having well-designed registration forms AND tacos at each truck. This was spurred by Trump supporter Marco Gutierrez who recently said “My culture is a very dominant culture. It is imposing and it’s causing problems. If you don’t do something about it, you’re going to have taco trucks on every corner.” Dude, I would kill for taco trucks on every corner!
10.20.2016
British graphic designer and illustrator George Hardie speaks with James Cartwright about the first thing he ever designed: the front cover of Led Zeppelin’s debut album.
Related Quip: Vol. 76 | No. 75
10.19.2016
Canadians tell America it’s great in this campaign launched by Toronto creative agency The Garden. Read more about the campaign here and here.
10.18.2016
“Posters” by Fardan Munshi that visualize super human abilities using only geometric shapes.
10.18.2016
Book Workship, no longer active but a good archive of mid-century (and 1960s/70s) book covers curated by Shawn Hazen.
10.18.2016
The little spinny circle that could, by Dennis Hoogstad. Best watched in full screen.
10.17.2016
Peter Majarich has been designing one movie poster a day for all of 2016. Some clever ones in the mix.
10.17.2016
