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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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If you go on Cool Hunting right now and press Shift + X you will get a pop-up to download five Diet Coke-inspired fonts. Other than the more well thought out font by Miles Newlyn they are all pretty useless. But a catchy gimmick nonetheless.
12.06.2011
Richard Mosse’s hot pink Congo. It sort of makes Kodak’s recently discontinued Infra even cooler than Polaroids.
12.05.2011
Regifting now has an icon, pattern, and stencil stamp courtesy of Maria Popova.
12.05.2011
A look inside Amazon’s fulfillment center. Impressive but somehow it still seems like it could be bigger.
12.05.2011
Trong G. Nguyen replicates entire books on kernels of rice, each kernel with one word, the books are divided in multiple clear mylar bags. Crazy!
12.05.2011
A look at what happens after we stop looking at the IKEA catalog photos. A short film made in 48 hours.
12.05.2011
Louis Silverstein, former New York Times art director who helped modernize the design of that paper in the 1960s and 1970s (and subsequently influenced the design of other newspapers), has passed away at 92.
Read his ADC 1984 Hall of Fame profile here.
12.02.2011
