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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On March 10th , 2011, cultural organizations and creative businesses, from theaters to libraries to design houses and bookstores, will be asked to stop work for eight minutes to a full eight hours in recognition of a possible future without their knowledge and services.
02.27.2011
Sohei Nishino walked the city of London on foot for a month, wandering the streets and recording images from every possible angle. About 4,000 of these photographs, hand printed in his own dark room, were meticulously pieced together with scissors and glue in his Tokyo studio. The result was an aerial view of London, which was reshot as a completed collage to produce a ?nal image.
02.26.2011
Literally advocating a brand…DDB Aukland proposes an ad campaign featuring indented plates that imprint messages on those who take a seat.
02.25.2011
Think being a Social Media Manager is easy? Think again. Okay, yeah, it’s kind of easy.
02.25.2011
Brilliant new art work by Yulia Brodskaya using an intense quilling paper technique. You may already recognize Yulia’s commercial work featuring complex paper-made designs, but this new work is on another level.
02.25.2011
The 50 Greatest Opening Title Sequences of All Time, according to IFC. Bye-bye productive morning.
02.25.2011
Hasbro unveils a new, noticeably slimmer Mr. Potato Head joined by a thinner Mrs. Potato Head and apparently, a more active and healthy lifestyle.
02.24.2011
