no.
by jason dean
Sense vs. Nonsense, or How Not to be a Dumb-ass Super Computer. A humorous lesson on how to have an idea by Frank Chimero.
10.18.2010
via
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
All through 2010 designer Jacobo Zanella has been capturing his color palette every day. The results look like the most complicated Atari 2600 game ever.
10.18.2010
no.
by doug bartow
The Say Something Poster Project is now accepting submissions for their 2010 poster design competition.
Here’s your chance to use poster design to say something that will inspire teenage kids and help shape the hearts and minds of our next generation. Winning posters will be donated to a non-profit organization and permanently installed in their facility. This year, that nonprofit will be The Home for Little Wanderers
10.18.2010
no.
by plamen
29 new 50p coins commemorating the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games went into circulation in the UK last week. The designs were selected from nearly 30,000 entries received by the Royal Mint in a… public competition, of course. Which probably explains why the coins are totally epilepsy safe.
10.18.2010
no.
by joe marianek
Brian Suda’s A Practical Guide to Designing with Data reads like Tufte for the masses…in a good way.
10.16.2010
via
no.
by josh berta
A very interesting reading list of books mentioned or shown on the hit show Mad Men.
10.15.2010
via
no.
by niki blaker
Marije Vogelzang presented a new perspective to using food and eating as part of design in her presentation at today’s Gain: AIGA Design and Business
Conference.
10.15.2010
via
no.
by armin
Stephen Colbert introduces Stephen Doyle for his Communication Design Award at the Cooper-Hewitt’s National Design Awards last night.
10.15.2010
many thanks to our adv @ underconsideration Partners