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Typographic maps created by Axis Maps, depicting the streets and physical features of cities just with type!
03.20.2012
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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
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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
• All comments, ideas and thoughts on Quipsologies are property of their authors; reproduction without the author’s or Quipsologies’s permission is strictly prohibited
• 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.
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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.
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by armin
Idle Mouse, a product line “aimed at encouraging people to slow down, reconnect with life, and make things.”
03.20.2012
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by armin
Introducing the Free Speech Exerciser™, a “Protest Bib Invention” by Daniel Young that uses Tyvek® so that you can cut it with scissors, write on it, and wear it with pride.
03.20.2012
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by armin
Cue horror movie music: Internet Explorer is baaaack with IE9 and Microsoft has started a campaign theme of “The Browser you Loved to Hate”. See more at the link.
03.19.2012
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Pop culture characters abstracted in this campaign for Lego by Jung von Matt in Hamburg.
03.19.2012
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Gorgeous illustrations depicting European countries created by Maurice Laban in 1959.
03.19.2012
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A super detailed map of the U.S. depicting streets and roads only. See the link for detail shots. By Fathom.
03.16.2012
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Jason of Printeresting visits Flatstock, the poster convention that takes place every year along with SXSW in Austin, and he posts plenty of pictures to make you wish you were there.
03.16.2012
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Movie posters listen up, your life is about to get more exciting. Introducing Trajan Pro 3 additional weights and, wait for it, Trajan Sans. Designed by Robert Slimbach for Adobe. The extra light weights in both typefaces are kind of nice… the rest? Yeah, they are still Trajan.
03.16.2012
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