no.
by james i bowie
The new tourism campaign of the Philippines is under fire for, among other things, borrowing from Poland’s tourism logo.
11.18.2010
a division of
Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
contributing quipsologists
• Plamen
• Doug Bartow
• Josh Berta
• Niki Blaker
• James I Bowie
• Ricardo Cordoba
• Diane Zerr
css typographic control
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)
also by
underconsideration
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.
background color code
Quip’d by a representative of UnderConsideration
Quip’d by a contributing Quipsologist
Submitted by our readers and Quip’d by UnderConsideration
no.
by armin
Chicago-based design firm Faust has created Appreciate It, “a feel good initiative to collect and document the myriad things for which people feel gratitude. The combined contributions to the website will ultimately go toward printing a holiday letter worth of the Guinness Book of World Records.”
11.18.2010
no.
by armin
In his contribution to a one-off book celebrating 17 years of New York-based design firm Number 17, Matt Stevens created a minimalist “timeline of big events from all the years they’ve been in business.”
11.18.2010
no.
by armin
A nicely written and modestly ambitious introduction to wayfinding and signage.
11.18.2010
no.
by diane zerr
82 years ago today, a cartoon premiered as “Steamboat Willie.” The now famous mouse was unknown at its premier as the opening act before a full-length feature film.
11.18.2010
via
no.
by niki blaker
Pretty great typographic chalk illustrations by Dana Tanamachi, a designer with New York’s Louise Fili Ltd.
11.18.2010
via
no.
by armin
A “banner” in Madrid featuring 15,000 Coca-Cola Light aluminum bottles. (Typo alert at 1:52).
11.18.2010
via
no.
by armin
College Humor explores what “If Ikea Made Instructions for Everything” including babies (well, Bäbbies), meth, and Large Hadron Collider among other things.
11.18.2010
via
no.
by armin
Since his son was in kindergarten, Rob Kimmel has sent a sticky note fixed to the inside lid of his lunchbox. Each of these has a half-completed drawing and a half-written story. His son then completes the drawing and the story.
11.18.2010
many thanks to our adv @ underconsideration Partners