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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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This has to be one of the hardest kind of projects. Luke Hayman redesigns Cosmopolitan, one of the largest magazine franchises in the world. You can’t mess too much with the ditzy formula or over-sophisticate it. I think Luke did a great job keeping the same vibe while adding some design sense.
12.07.2011
The VYRE Brand Quiz 2: identify 21 brands through some rorschach-esque interpretations.
12.07.2011
A little bit odd, and a little bit clever ad campaign called ‘Warning Signs’ for Volkswagen Safety System by DDB Tribal Group.
12.07.2011
3.2 million dots were laid down by Miguel Endara for this portrait of his dad. I love that the finished portrait is not some cloying image but a funny one.
12.07.2011
T, A, B, L and E make a table. The Alphabet Furniture, originally created for Penguin, can now be ordered at degree.
12.07.2011
Pocono Modern, a builder of modern custom homes in Pennsylvania has just launched an online shop with custom pieces, such as the Johnny Bench seen to the right.
12.06.2011
James Niehues, 65, is the man behind the trail map. His hand-painted panoramas have been reproduced into pocket-sized maps handed out by ski resorts all over the world.
“I think it would be neat if there were still some hand-painted illustrations. But I may very well be the last trail map artist to use a brush.”
12.06.2011
A clearing house for all Occupy Wall Street graphics with links to the source and/or downloadable PDFs.
12.06.2011
In Brazil the different groups of police, military, and other cartel busters compile seized goods to form the letters of their acronym so that when the photo shows up in newspapers everybody knows who was responsible for the bust. Apparently, based on the Flickr description, there is a lettering course taught at the police academy to learn how to do this.
12.06.2011
