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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Explorations in Typography is a self-published book by Carolina de Bartolo where “a brief article by Erik Spiekermann has been set in hundreds of different ways in hundreds of different typefaces, creating an extended visual taxonomy of typesetting that allows you to ‘learn by looking.’” The book is gorgeously typeset. Bonus fun: The website allows you to muck with typographic controls for the home page’s text.
07.14.2011
In conjunction with “Windows on the War: Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 194 – 1945”, the Art Institute of Chicago has launched an exhibition-specific Tumblr highlighting posters from the exhibition.
07.14.2011
Out of Print is a line of t-shirst featuring fully licensed cover artwork from books that are out of print. To boot, for every t-shirt they sell, they donate a book to Books For Africa.
07.14.2011
Blackout is a surreal and seductive animation by Buck and Christopher Silas Neal for Umbro. (Yes, Umbro.)
07.14.2011
College football blog The Wiz of Odds begins its sixth annual look at team schedule posters for the upcoming season, to culminate with the readers’ choice of poster of the year.
07.13.2011
Visual.ly is a new site devoted to information graphics. Users can upload their own and readers can browse. They are also apparently building a tool that will allow people to build their own infographics there.
07.13.2011
Andy Clymer, of Hoefler & Frere-Jones, has some fun with face recognition software. More info at the link.
07.13.2011
Melanie Howard makes adorable, yet very devious-looking, celebrity finger puppets. Shown: everybody’s favorite stoner, the Big Lebowski.
07.13.2011
Pop artist Mr Whaite creates amazing, and hilarious, neon posters. Shown: the fabulous Spider-Pig.
07.13.2011
