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about

• 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.

• Quipsologies uses TypeKit to render P22 Underground, Skolar Web by TypeTogether, and Coquette by Mark Simonson.

• Quipsologies is run with Six Apart’s MovableType 6.8.8

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• Search through our archives (starting with Vol. 45 September 2010)

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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.

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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by armin

Animated GIF by Helen Green of David Bowie hairstyles.

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Kottke

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by armin

Admit it, you secretly want this: Poo Emoji Button-Up Shirt.

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Incredible Things

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by armin

Not to worry, I won’t be posting Airbnb listings on the regular, but this “suite of 3 connected treehouses” in urban Atlanta is truly fantastic.

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Huh

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by armin

Some really cool lettering by Luke Choice.

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Fubiz

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by doug bartow

The Type Directors Club announces the Beatrice Warde Scholarship. Based solely on merit, the $5,000 scholarship will be awarded to a female student whose work demonstrates exceptional talent, sophistication, and skill in the use of typography.

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01.13.2015

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@frerejones

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by doug bartow

Learn graphic design while playing poker with the Design Deck.

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01.13.2015

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@samanthatoy

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by armin

Cool concept: a sketchbook made out of a single “panel” of whiteboard, so that you doodle away on the same area, over and over. Just funded on Kickstarter.

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01.13.2015

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by armin

Polaroid is back. Very sort of. The Polaroid Zip is a wireless mobile printer that uses no ink; instead the paper has color crystals that are activated through heat.

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01.13.2015

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by plamen

1000 cups of latte wasted for this. Totally worth it.

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by diane zerr

While designing an ornate album cover, Drew Melton wanted to dive deeper into the style of Blackletter and created the typeface Luxus Gothic.

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01.12.2015

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