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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

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• Search through our archives (starting with Vol. 45 September 2010)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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no.

by armin

“Words can be Weapons”, stunning project by Hidden Foo where pieces double as elements of Chinese words and objects. Good video at the link. The project is a collaboration between the Center for Psychological Research, Shenyang and Ogilvy & Mather, Beijing to raise Chinese public awareness of the serious and detrimental effects of verbal abuse.

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10.23.2015

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Macho Dominante

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by armin

Supercut by Dominick Nero of light sabers!

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10.23.2015

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Khoi Vinh

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by doug bartow

The visual beauty of classic pinball is completely underrated.

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10.22.2015

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by armin

I’m not entirely sure I get the purpose or grasp the functionality of this color-picking site by Dixon & Moe but it sure looks pretty.

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10.22.2015

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by quipsologies

Anagrams meet animation in this energetic opening by Buck for the Wine After Coffee festival. So good.

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10.22.2015

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Jon

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by armin

If $85 sounds like a lot to pay for 13 matches, then you haven’t seen the hand-painted wooden matches available from the newly minted Sulfur Systems.

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10.22.2015

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by armin

Sarah Di Domenico purchased a metal trunk at an antiques store for $40. Inside was a large amount of letters and things that Sarah has organized and cataloged beautifully.

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10.22.2015

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Lauren

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by plamen

Swiss style color picker - explained here.

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10.22.2015

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by ricardo cordoba

How emojis find their way to our computers and mobile devices.

Related Quips:
Vol. 105, No. 28
Vol. 98, No. 80

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10.21.2015

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by ricardo cordoba

The Evolution of Type, written and designed by Tony Seddon, is a history of 100 notable typefaces and the technologies used to create them, told in chronological order—from the earliest examples of metal type to today’s digital fonts.

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10.21.2015

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