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UnderConsideration is a graphic design enterprise that runs a network of blogs, publishes books, organizes live events and judged competitions, and designs for clients.

Online

FPO (For Print Only) / Celebrating the reality that print is not dead by showcasing the most compelling printed projects.
Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.
Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
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.
Brand New Classroom (2010 – 2011) / Providing a space for critique and opinions on student identity work. Archives Only.

Publishing

The 2010 Brand New Awards / 2011, self-published.
Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work / 2010, self-published.

Events & Judged Competitions

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.
Brand New Awards / Celebrating the best identity work produced around the world.
FPO Awards / Celebrating the best print work from around the world.

Writing

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.

Graphic Design

Department of Design / Designing corporate and brand identities and full development of printed and digital matter for clients.

BY Armin

In Brief: The Wrong Kind of Breathtaking

Pepsi Breathtaking

“You know if we roll, we roll big.” Those were the words in 2006 that sent Agency.com’s viral video of pitching for the Subway account to internet infamy and advertising douchebaggery. Well, brand identity has found its equivalent. Yesterday, at the massively trafficked reddit.com, a new user posted a PDF to the presentation — humbly titled “Breathtaking” — accompanying the redesign of the Pepsi logo by Arnell Group. The contents are at once hilarious, pretentious and delirious as they try to establish Pepsi as the center of the universe. Some select pages are posted here and the PDF should still be publicly available somewhere on the internets. Long live the internet as a tool for exposing lameness.

Thanks to all the tipsters; first tip goes to James Mountain.

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