Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
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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.
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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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Sad to hear of the passing of Deborah Sussman, a wonderful identity and environmental graphics designer; most well-known for her festive Look of the Games for 1984 Olympic Games in LA. Our best wishes to her family and colleagues.
08.21.2014
Charles and Ray Eames appear on the Today Show to premiere their famous lounge chair.
08.20.2014
Tumblr of the week: Great Art in Ugly Rooms. Not surprisingly there is a lot of wood paneling involved.
08.20.2014
One of those where I can’t explain it better or more succinctly: “To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its release we invited New York illustrator Johnny Dombrowski to create this stunning poster for the film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s iconic whodunnit Murder On The Orient Express. In the spirit of this star-studded classic Johnny Dombrowski has cleverly peppered his illustration with a number of clues — plus a red herring or two — detective Hercule Poirot encounters during his investigation. Can you spot them all?” (Open image in new window/tab to see big).
08.20.2014
To add to your apocalypse-ready bunker: Zombie Safe Zone Maps so that you can escape to “somewhere where there’s a natural abundance of water, fish and forestry”. Various cities covered.
08.20.2014
A Tumblr page using “a crew of gorgeus pin-up girls who will introduce you to the wonderful world of typography, with a quick guide to the typeface families” by Simone Massoni.
08.19.2014
This is hilarious: normal people transform into celebrities in four easy steps.
08.19.2014
The Haystack Dept., a curated selection of high-resolution, downloadable textures, type, and patterns, each $5 and under.
08.19.2014
