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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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For those of you lucky enough to be near London next week, be sure to check out Reverting to Type at Standpoint Gallery. Curated by Graham Bignell and Richard Ardagh, the show will feature letterpress pieces by the likes of Yee Haw! Industries, Mr. Smith and Hatch Show Print.
11.30.2010
After rebranding their logo MapQuest has updated their website. Unfortunately, it’s nothing new.
11.30.2010
Herb Lubalin’s U&lc. back issues to be made available online. Giddy-up!
11.30.2010
Skirting board sunset by Helmut Smits. How lovely it would be to wake up to this.
11.30.2010
Prolong your procrastination with a series titled Procrastinators where artists, writers and filmmakers talk about concentration, focus and the fine art of wasting their time. By Lernert & Sander
11.30.2010
Fresh off the recent Sean John (aka P. Diddy) T-shirt controversy involving the work of Marian Bantjes, it appears Australian retailer Country Road is taking similar liberties with the work of Brooklyn-based illustrator Jon Contino. Shameful.
11.30.2010
“I AM NOT A FREAKING CRICKET MATCH!!!”
A 22-year old Westfield, Massachusetts babysitter watches her Twitter followers skyrocket past 9K+ because her handle @theashes shares a name with the annual England vs. Austrialia Cricket test. Her next move? Tshirts…
11.30.2010
Scout Books created a trio of typography notebooks optimized for sketching uppercase and lowercase letters, and numerals, punctuation and symbols.
11.29.2010
So you know: Bass & Co.’s red triangle logo is the very first registered trademark in the UK’s Intellectual Property Office in 1876. It is literally, trade mark number 1. It remains conceptually unchanged since the last 134 years.
11.29.2010
Word clouds of NBA teams, size of players’ names depend on minutes played throughout the team’s history.
11.29.2010
