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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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Fascinating story on Kent “Battle” Martin, a Treasury Department’s Tax and Trade Bureau employee, who is the sole individual responsible for approving (and denying) beer label design and copy — this year alone he has reviewed 29,500 beer labels.
08.15.2014
Here is something you didn’t know you DIDN’T want: 14-karat gold necklaces made from Kentucky Fried Chicken bones. Made by Kentucky for Kentucky.
08.15.2014
Apparently a lot of restaurants in NYC are commissioning custom (and illegal) versions of the required “In case of choking” posters. Link to the story from NPR’s Studio 360, or link here to another piece from the Wall Street Journal.
08.14.2014
Forget the gold chains that hip-hop fashionistas wear, and just wear straight up money! Lauren Tickle uses US currency to create the more hipster than hip-hop accessories as an experiment in the concepts of value and adornment.
08.14.2014
Stefan Bucher has created a good, old-fashioned rotoscoping music video for Wesley Stace’s “Goodbye Jane”. Only took 1,810 individual drawings. Check the link for a detailed process post.
08.13.2014
I guess you really can find anything on the internet. Introducing Cholafied, a Tumblr blog by Michael Jason Enriquez, or the the mind of an L.A. kid who grew up in the 90s.
08.13.2014
I could watch this all day: Animated GIFs of human x-rays by Cameron Drake.
08.13.2014
The Fifty Shades of Grey trailer recreated by Tranceart Violeta with scenes from Frozen. Brilliant! (Watch it before the lawyers take it down).
08.13.2014
Pop Chart Lab moves into the houseware market with this sharp, laser-etched, kitchen knives cutting board.
08.13.2014
