Department of Design

In mid-January, on the generous recommendation of fellow design chronicler Alissa Walker , UnderConsideration was invited by Studio 360 — the beloved Public Radio International show hosted by ...

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After designing the logo for the 2009 edition of TypeCon back in April of 2009, the final weeks leading up to the conference on July 14 were a test to the logo and the ideas we had previously es...

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As a promotional idea for Brand New , our blog focusing on opinions on corporate and brand identity, we opted for a product that involved our ever-growing readership in its content rather than ju...

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Our third book as authors and designers, published with Rockport Publishers, is Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design , a 400-pag...

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With offices in Boston, Hartford, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix and San Diego and expertise in civic, corporate, education, hospitality and science & technology markets, JCJ Architecture is a h...

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As past speakers, attendees and all-around enthusiasts of TypeCon , the annual conference organized by the Society of Typographic Aficionados , UnderConsideration was particularly enthusiastic ab...

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Launched in May of 2009, FPO: For Print Only publishes highly detailed posts of greatly designed print projects by designers around the world. The web site, while it has its own visual flair, is...

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Because we had a great set of characters to work with — F, P, O as in FPO: For Print Only — we decided to render each of them as the size of a perfect square, so even if the type looks as if...

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Initially launched in April of 2003 as a feature of our Speak Up blog, Word It is a monthly challenge for our audience to visually interpret a specific word we select; there are no limitations a...

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The logo or, in this case, the wordmark for the Word It blog is unapologetically big and bold yet, understanding of its context, very simple, allowing the hundreds of submissions to be the cente...

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After designing their inaugural web site , more than four years ago, we were excited to be able to redesign and reprogram the web presence for Toronto-based urban planning firm, Office for Urbani...

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Photo: John-Michael Maas/Darby Films One of the key aspects of VisionSpring ’s model are the Vision Entrepreneurs (VEs) — village-based individuals who have been prepared to do eye test exa...

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To support the logo for VisionSpring we created a simple identity system that could be applied and extended to various business and communication materials. Stationery suite, including letterh...

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For their 2008 Growth Capital Offering document applied through the Nonprofit Finance Fund , VisionSpring had the opportunity to use a cover fold-out page to tell its story in a more visual mann...

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Our second book as authors and designers, published with F+W Media’s HOW Books, is Women Of Design: Influence and Inspiration from the Original Trailblazers to the New Groundbreakers , bringing...

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