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by doug bartow
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06.05.2012
Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
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• Doug Bartow
• Josh Berta
• Niki Blaker
• James I Bowie
• Ricardo Cordoba
• Diane Zerr
• 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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• Search through our archives (starting with Vol. 45 September 2010)
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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Matt W. Moore was commissioned by Attik UK to create the graphics for Coca-Cola’s London 2012 Olympics branding. Groovy.
06.05.2012
A series of dichotomies about the “eternal dispute between Copywriters and Art Directors.” Lots more at the link.
06.05.2012
“Deep Fried Gadgets,” a photo series by Henry Hargreaves. Unfortunately, the gadgets are not gadgets, but foam core replicas with UIs printed on them. Still worth a look.
06.05.2012
A Book of Beards with stunning photos by Justin James Muir. As stated, “All proceeds from the first pressing of this book will go to help a friend. All additional proceeds go to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.” Plus: beards!
06.05.2012
If you are in Chicago, don’t miss the pop-up Chicago Design Museum for the month of June where a 6,000-square foot space showcases five exhibitions ranging from the work of Rodchenko to Debbie Millman (her invitation shown).
06.05.2012
And even more Diamond Jubilee and Pantone: the Pantone Queen - 60 years of matching colour.
06.04.2012
Pantone and the Academy of Art University collaborate to create a system that could communicate color to the blind, breaking color down to a symbol so that it could be experienced through a tactile feel.
06.04.2012
Fantastic animation style for this infographic piece on overfishing, by Uli Henrik Streckenbach.
06.04.2012
File Under Awesome: Super slow motion video of skateboarding tricks
06.04.2012