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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An experiment that takes spirits out of their bottles and puts them into cartons. I’m not sure what the expected outcome is, but you can guarantee parents would cause an uproar as it too closely resembles milk cartons. Especially this Absolut Vodka version in it’s mostly white design.
07.31.2011
View an archive of hand-lettered book covers on The Book Cover Archive.
07.29.2011
The design of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games medal has been unveiled. Designed by David Watkins. Wacky stuff.
07.29.2011
Nice short film on Oregon Lithoprint, a web press. Dig those juicy rolls of paper.
07.29.2011
Drawn and Devoured, “the blog of Toronto foodie and illustrator Katherine Verhoeven, who pens and paints her delectable dinners before devouring them to mere crumbs.” Some excellent renditions.
07.28.2011
Center of Attention, a collection of “the artwork, graphics and logos of record center labels” by Simon Foster. Delicious.
07.28.2011
A lovely edited, 10-minute video by Hillman Curtis of James Victore speaking at AIGA San Francisco. Language NSFW (but worth the listen!).
07.28.2011
