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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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by armin

A series of posters-slash-diagrams by Komboh of classic arcade games.

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12.24.2013

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Coudal

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by armin

Disney bearded male characters without their beard and non-bearded ones with beards, by Annie Erskine.

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12.24.2013

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by armin

Funny series of posters by Curtis Petraglia and Colin Quinn for hairstylist Chloe who happens to have a salon directly beside the Charlotte School of Law.

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12.24.2013

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by josh berta

A better cardboard box. Maybe.

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12.24.2013

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by josh berta

Do you know which words entered the English language around the same time you entered the world? Use the OED birthday word generator to find out.

My birth year, 1975: Brainiac.

Note: You have to be a subscriber to the OED to get full access, sadly.

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12.20.2013

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digg

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by josh berta

Here’s a car made of legos powered by air.

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12.20.2013

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by armin

The inner workings of the LED light-up, color changing ad for Moto X in the latest issue of WIRED.

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12.20.2013

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by armin

Seven-ish game opener video for the St. Louis Rams by The Famous Group.

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12.20.2013

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by ricardo cordoba

Nicholas Blechman, art director of The New York Times Book Review, picks his favorite book covers of 2013. Shown here, from left to right: covers by Gabriele Wilson, Peter Mendelsund, and Jessica Hische.

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12.20.2013

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by armin

This is amazing. Cy Kuckenbaker took a four-minute shot of state highway 163 in San Diego and then clipped out all the cars and rearranged them by color. There was no CGI involved, just meticulous and arduous clipping and repositioning. More info at the link.

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12.19.2013

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Kottke

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