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A graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Run by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit in Bloomington, IN.

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Contact

Post
3421 E Latimer Rd
Bloomington, IN 47401

Phone
(917) 755-0750

Fax
(718) 228-6720

Email

Colophon

Headlines and wordmark
Druk Condensed XX Super by Berton Hasebe for Commercial Type.

Body
Neue Haas Unica by Toshi Omagari for Monotype. Served via fonts.com.

UCLLC logo
Custom lettering by Mark Caneso.

Ideas that Matter

Bryony will serve on the jury for the 2021 Ideas that Matter grants, presented by Sappi, that provide “funding to support the brilliant designs that make a difference”.

The Follow-up

Introducing The Follow-up! A bi-weekly podcast that goes in depth into projects recently reviewed on Brand New, featuring conversations with the designers — and sometimes their clients — uncovering the context, background, and design decisions behind the work.

LADFEST

Armin will be speaking at LADFEST on February 29, 2020, in Lima, Peru.

FPO (2009 – 2017)

After 8 years of publishing FPO, its time has come to end. FPO has been a delight to curate and write for, as it has exposed us to some wonderful projects, ideas, and techniques that we have learned from and been inspired by.

CSCA

Bryony will be speaking at CSCA in Columbus, OH, on May 17.

IdN Feature

We were featured in IdN‘s issue v23n6 that focused on Illustration in Pattern Making. A brief excerpt can be found here. Opening spread below.

Crop BR

Armin and Bryony will be speaking at Crop in Baton Rouge, LA, on April 20 – 21.

UDesign 2016

Armin will be speaking at Universidad de Monterrey’s UDesign 2016 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, on September 27 – 29.

AIGA Cased

Bryony will serve as a judge in AIGA’s annual design competition, Cased

HOW Design Live

Both Bryony and Armin will be speaking (independently of each other) at HOW Design Live on May 5 – 9 in Chicago, IL.

PICA Conference

Armin will be one of the keynote speakers at PICA, presented by the Alberta North Chapter of the Graphic Designers of Canada, on May 9, 2014 in Edmonton.

Visuelt

Armin will be speaking at Visuelt on October 8 – 9 in Oslo, Norway.

Austin Initiative for Graphic Awesomeness

Our new, independent speaker series in Austin, TX, featuring some of the graphic design industry’s most awesome people kicks off with James Victore in February (followed by Jessica Hische in April and David Carson in June). Register here.

Austin Initiative for Graphic Awesomeness

UC.Quarterly

The first issue of UC.Quarterly — a 48-page, printed summary of the most interesting, relevant, and simply fun-to-see projects published each quarter across our network of blogs — is now available.

UC.Quarterly

TDC Winnings

From over 2,000 entries received and 215 selected UnderConsideration received 5 “Certificates of Typographic Excellence” from the Type Directors Club annual competition to be published in Typography 34 and shown at the 59th Awards Exhibition in New York. The 5 select projects were:
1) 2012 Brand New Conference Identity
2) 2012 Brand New Conference Program
3) 2012 Brand New Conference Poster
4) For Print Only Website
5) Beauty of Engraving Print.

HOW Design Live

Bryony and Armin will be speaking at the 2012 HOW Design Conference on June 21–25. They will do a joint talk on leading an alternate design career and Armin will do a separate session on creating killer logos for the twenty-first century.

Art of the Menu

Our first new blog in two years, Art of Menu, cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world, launches.

Art of the Menu

HOW Conference

Bryony and Armin will be speaking at the 2011 HOW Design Conference on June 22 – 27. They will do a joint talk on building a portfolio and Armin will do a separate session on following your creative obsessions.

FPO Awards

The inaugural FPO Awards, a judged competition organized celebrating the best print work from around the world during 2010, is now accepting entries. Deadline: June 3, 2011.

FPO Awards

Brand New Awards

The inaugural Brand New Awards, a judged competition organized celebrating the best identity work produced around the world during 2010, is now accepting entries. Deadline: March 31.

Brand New Awards