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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Is this the face of an iPhone/iPod killer? Developed by musician Neil Young, Pono is the best possible digital music experience. If you don’t believe him, take it from pretty much every famous musician that appears in his Kickstarter video.
03.14.2014
“Time in Motion,” a series of Animated GIFs by Fong Qi Wei made from time-lapse photos. Hypnotic!
03.14.2014
The second book from GraphicDesign&, Golden Meaning, features 55 designers and illustrators visualizing the Golden Ratio.
03.14.2014
Lovely, hand-pained signs by Christopher Rouleau. A limited edition available for $40 each.
03.14.2014
Heavyweight champion boxer Wladimir Klitschko gets his fists dirty for a campaign against illiteracy. The original artworks were made available for bidding and the font can be downloaded from Linotype. More images at the link.
03.13.2014
Great interview by Creative Review with Annie Atkins, who designed every graphic prop in Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel.
03.13.2014
Bernd Kuchenbeiser catalogs his amazing collection of books — books about design, well-designed books, books that will make you want to have Bernd’s books.
03.13.2014
Dress Code’s mini doc on Hoefler & Frere-Jones is a SXSW 2014 Official Selection in the “Documentary Shorts” category.
03.13.2014
Sports Illustrated’s latest issue recreates a previous SI Larry Bird cover from 1977.
03.12.2014
