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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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21 year-old Skylar Hartman’s identity proposal for Ron Paul, if he runs for President in 2012: “Because so much of the movement is grassroots and by most political standards lower budget, I present to you, Congressman Paul, a campaign brand design should you choose to run in 2012.”
03.22.2011
The Pink and Blue Projects - photographer JeongMee Yoon examines the developmental wiring of gender.
03.22.2011
File Under Rad:Typeface designers e-Types have opened a shop for their type foundry in Copenhagen, where customers can buy digital fonts in a physical space. Customers can buy fonts loaded on USB sticks at the shop as opposed to the online Playtype store.
03.22.2011
Best Field Notes edition yet, featuring old-school dry-transfer technology. If “dry-transfer” means nothing to you check the video at the link — and put down the beer because you are probably under the legal drinking age.
03.22.2011
Creative Review’s much anticipated Logo issue is now out. Cover by Alex Trochut.
03.22.2011
“Museums: Historically Hardcore” a student project — Art Direction by Jenny Burrows, Copywriting by Matt Kappler — to promote the coolness of museums by comparing historical and pop culture tidbits. More samples at the link.
03.22.2011
I still don’t get QR codes but, this one for the Japanese Red Cross Society by SET, is pretty cool (and it does good).
03.22.2011
If you’d like to feel woefully inadequate as a designer, go gaze upon Martin Venezky’s poster work in his Behance.net gallery. Absolutely stunning.
03.21.2011
The Architectural League gave its President’s Medal to Lella and Massimo Vignelli earlier this month. Former Vignelli employee Michael Bierut designed the evening’s program as a small fold-out with five different covers. Here Vignelli holds one of the press sheets that served as a commemorative gift to the gala’s guests. Note to self: make press sheets that line up untrimmed and unbound.
03.21.2011
File Under Funny: McSweeney’s with a timely product review of the Mead Spiral 100 College-Ruled Notebook.
03.21.2011
