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• 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

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• Search through our archives (starting with Vol. 45 September 2010)

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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.

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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.

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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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by armin

Schadenfreezers: big-bummer popsicle sticks. I’m sure there is social commentary in there. I am mostly hypnotized by the melting animation.

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04.15.2014

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by ricardo cordoba

Each month, the Fonts.com homepage features four new images to showcase new releases and hidden gems. See them all on the site’s Hero Image Archive.

Shown here, top to bottom: images designed by Ryan Arruda (Burlingame), Drew Melton (Trend/Lorde), and James Olstein (ITC Modern).

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04.14.2014

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Selman Design

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no.

by james i bowie

Finland will issue postage stamps featuring the homoerotic drawings of Touko Laaksonen, a.k.a. “Tom of Finland.”

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04.14.2014

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by ricardo cordoba

“The Art of Cover Design,” a behind-the-scenes video from Random House, features interviews with cover designers Christopher Brand, Chip Kidd, Peter Mendelsund, Marysarah Quinn, and Robbin Schiff.

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04.14.2014

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Aerogramme Writers' Studio

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by armin

The Bleak Movies Coloring Book by Todd Spence, with happy endings to boot.

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04.14.2014

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Design You Trust

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by armin

Intel’s new proprietary type family designed by Red Peak Branding and Dalton Maag: Intel Clear.

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04.14.2014

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by armin

The Casual Optimist gathers a few book covers that use concentric circles.

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04.14.2014

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by plamen

Time to end all confusingly diverse subway maps - INAT is an easy to read, easy to memorize and easy to use standard developed by French Serbian architect Jug Cerovic. Follow link for all 12 examples.

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04.14.2014

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designboom

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by james i bowie

“Registered: The Landscape as Object” by Giuseppe Licari trademarks the Tuscan countryside.

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04.13.2014

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by armin

A reel of the 3,800 3D-animated birds created by Jordan Blit and LookFX for Noah.

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04.11.2014

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