Online
- FPO (For Print Only) / Celebrating the reality that print is not dead by showcasing the most compelling printed projects.
- Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.
- Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
- 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.
- Brand New Classroom (2010 – 2011) / Providing a space for critique and opinions on student identity work. Archives Only.
Publishing
- The 2010 Brand New Awards / 2011, self-published.
- Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work / 2010, self-published.
Events & Judged Competitions
- 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.
- Brand New Awards / Celebrating the best identity work produced around the world.
- FPO Awards / Celebrating the best print work from around the world.
Writing
- 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.
Graphic Design
- Department of Design / Designing corporate and brand identities and full development of printed and digital matter for clients.
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The internationalitiness — yes, I know that is not an actual conjugation — of Friday Likes continues with work from Spain, Sweden, and New York.
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DATE: Dec.21.2012
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Today — all the way from Brazil and France and from UCllc’s own immense Texas backyard — we have a couple of hand-drawn projects tempered by some additional vector-y range of logos.
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DATE: Dec.14.2012POSTED BY: ArminCATEGORY: Friday Likes COMMENTS:
TAGS: brazil, calligraphy, france, hand-drawn, texas,
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One might deduce that I have a thing for patterned and textural identities. One might be right. Work spanning bread, shoes and apparel, and design and architecture all get a sophisticated-over-the-top treatment in this week’s Likes.
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DATE: Dec.07.2012POSTED BY: ArminCATEGORY: Friday Likes COMMENTS:
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The trend this week in work coming in from Singapore, Porto, and New York is subtle, luscious patterns and soft color palettes. Better get on the trend, y’all, before it gets tired.
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DATE: Nov.30.2012POSTED BY: ArminCATEGORY: Friday Likes COMMENTS:
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This week we celebrate the fake, the conceptual, the unclientedness of designing for the sake of designing. All three Likes today are concept works by designers who enjoy what they do. While on the subject: I vote for Behance users to CLEARLY mark their work as concept if it is. Don’t try to pass your work as real if it isn’t. (A) it’s disingenuous and (B) there is no shame in it. Celebrate that you took initiative to create something that you feel is right and the way things should be done. It lets clients know that if they trust you and work with you they can get something as cool and dynamic as this unfettered approach. So, please, if it’s concept, disclaim it.
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DATE: Nov.16.2012POSTED BY: ArminCATEGORY: Friday Likes COMMENTS:
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This week I might be poisoning the Friday Likes well, but too many wrecks piled up together that I thought it would be worthy to do Friday Likes bizarro world with some really hideous work. Enjoy. Or not.
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DATE: Nov.09.2012POSTED BY: ArminCATEGORY: Friday Likes COMMENTS:
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This week I am mining our sister site, Art of the Menu, for some nice restaurant identities. We focus on just the menus over there and plenty of times the identity around the menus is just as cool.
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DATE: Nov.02.2012POSTED BY: ArminCATEGORY: Friday Likes COMMENTS:
TAGS: dallas, london, restaurant, toronto,
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I like it when commonalities emerge between Friday Likes. This time we have lots of black and white and lots of circles from Spain, Mexico, and Russia.
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DATE: Oct.26.2012POSTED BY: ArminCATEGORY: Friday Likes COMMENTS:
TAGS: distressed, map, mexico, restaurant, russia, spain,
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Serendipitously, today’s Likes — coming in from New Zealand, Barcelona, and Middle Earth — all share a hand-crafted element to them.
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DATE: Oct.19.2012POSTED BY: ArminCATEGORY: Friday Likes COMMENTS:
TAGS: barcelona, hand-drawn, hotel, movies, new zealand, watercolor,
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Today I am breaking protocol with Friday Likes. Usually I have three projects lined up. Today I only have one. In part because it’s pretty badass and in part because there is no “more” link to point to to show you all these juicy images. So I figured this deserved its own Like post.
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DATE: Oct.12.2012POSTED BY: ArminCATEGORY: Friday Likes COMMENTS:
TAGS: crispin porter + bogusky, packaging, pizza,
Books about logo design, the designers that create them and the meaning of branding.
