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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An initiative by Yoni Alter to get the attention of Transport For London to set up a simple graphic device on its escalators to encourage people to stand on the right and walk on the left. We’ve all been there, zigzagging through people.
09.16.2013
Great stop-motion animation of a reverse haircut and beard trim.
09.16.2013
“Architecture Of Density” is a series of photographs of high-rise apartment buildings in Hong Kong by German photographer Michael Wolf.
09.16.2013
The complete contents for A.A. Turbayne’s Monograms & Ciphers from 1906. About 150 plates covering almost every letter combination from A to Z, in varying styles.
If only the scans were bigger.
09.10.2013
A day in the life of a bench as illustrated by Maxim Degtyarev.
09.10.2013
Great interactive chart from the New York Times: Constellations of Directors and Their Stars.
09.10.2013
Revel in designer motivation — pulled in the form of the always positive comments from Dribble — while you bask in Enya.
09.10.2013
