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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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Lovely illustrations by Lys Bui of vintage buildings around Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) as “an attempt to portray the beautiful city through its architectural, historic & nostalgic treasures which have been slowly fading away due to the rapid development.”
11.29.2012
“Values”, a week calendar designed by EIGA and published by NBVD. “The search for new ideals has characterised our generation. But which values and virtues are still relevant today — religious, moral, spiritual or personal?” To be honest, I have no idea what that means, but the diary looks great, with artwork from 53 different designers. More images here.
11.29.2012
Guaranteed to blow your mind: Amazing Anamorphic Illusions by Brusspup.
11.28.2012
Presidential drugs of choice - a brilliant print in Hogarthian style, recording the drug and alcohol preferences of every US president. Also see video and Kickstarter page.
11.28.2012
Good lord. Things Magazine gathers hundreds of vintage Pelican book covers from the 1930s to the ’80s.
11.28.2012
The obvious next step in the trend of synchronized Christmas lights: Gangnam Style.
11.28.2012
Kickstarter seems to be attracting all kinds of crazy playing card designs. The latest is the “Stealth Playing Cards” by AK Graphx with special metallic foil stamps and inspired by the Stealth B-2 bomber Jet.
11.28.2012
Gizmodo’s Attila Nagy has a great feature on cutaway drawings. Pictured here is artist Davis Meltzer’s depiction of Apollo and Soyuz crews meeting in space for the first time, with their spacecraft docked in Earth’s orbit (NASA, 1975).
11.27.2012
