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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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Sara Cwynar hopes to publish her already existing three-year long Kitsch Encyclopedia, through her Kickstarter project. She brings together original and found images and text into a nicely designed book, co-published with Blonde Art Books.
09.24.2013
The annoyingly talented Freddy Arenas teases us with a brief selection of personal and experimental work. More, please!
09.24.2013
We may have linked this in the past, but it’s definitely worth a reQuip: Stunning manhole covers in Japan.
09.24.2013
Football Type, a book about the relationship between soccer and typography.
09.24.2013
Marian Bantjes has a gorgeous new book out: Pretty Pictures, a monograph comprised of “almost everything” she’s done from 2003 to 2012. (The official publication date is September 30, but I spotted a few advance copies at a bookstore this weekend.)
09.23.2013
Mapping New York’s design community: New York creative agency Athletics and the Cooper Union’s Herb Lubalin Study Centre are launching an exhibition mapping New York’s graphic design community, inspired by urban planner Kevin Lynch’s 1960 study The Image of the City.
09.23.2013
Amazing collaborative animation where dozens of creatives interpret the same set of animating loops.
09.23.2013
Inspired by her dad’s old calligraphy pen, Cristina Vanko started texting her friends with hand-draw calligraphic notes.
09.23.2013
Trailer for “Design is One”, a documentary on the life and work of Massimo and Leila Vignelli.
09.23.2013
