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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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The Adventures of Drunky is an adult animated feature film with a crowdfunding campaign that has already raised $18k of $100k. Rewards include an Augenblick Studio coloring book, a voicemail from comedian, Dave Attel, or get drawn into the movie for a cool $500.
04.27.2016
Daily illustrations on cubes by Jared Valburg. Each one can be fully rotated online.
04.27.2016
Seymour Chwast comes to Kickstarter with his book Seymour Chwast at War with War: An Illustrated Timeline of 5000 Years of Conquests, Invasions, and Terrorist Attacks.. Looks… killer.
04.27.2016
So Bulgaria is making yet another attempt to update its tourism logo. Here are the 7 finalists (link in Bulgarian only, insider stuff, you know)
04.26.2016
New Yorker Philip Coppola has been sketching the lettering and other decorative details of almost all of New York’s subway stations since 1978. He thinks he’ll be done by 2040.
04.26.2016
Great post from the design team at Ryanair on redesigning their boarding pass. (Especially after so many cool-but-clientless boarding pass redesigns.)
04.26.2016
Nice piece of Cold War era nostalgia (or horror) - iconic Soviet vehicles GIFs
04.26.2016