Random Portfolio Showcase

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Uno : Packaging

A series of labels (on aluminum bottles) for Uno Shampoo creating a series of category specific visuals for their line.

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Q101 : Twisted-4

Assorted materials for the "Twisted-4" concert series for Q101 Radio in Chicago.

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Corbis : Warhol mugs

These limited edition mugs were created to promote and announce Corbis' acquisition of the Warhol image collection. The primary message was sent in the form of a calendar, and these mugs were companion pieces.

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Fulton Market Films : Logo

Fulton Market Films logo, a film production company based in Chicago.

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RockShox : Poster

Poster inserted in the 2007 products catalog for that model year.

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Spontaneous Combustion : Logo

Spontaneous Combustion is a special effects and film production company in New York.

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Prudential : Custom fonts

Two fonts were developed thru our T26 venture for Prudential. A serif family called "Gibraltar" and a sans serif family called "Rock", each with six weights, via Samata Mason.

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Corbis : Crop 2 brochure

Crop-2 was the second of an ongoing series of very special and limited edition catalogs for the rebranding of Corbis.

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Q101 : Stationery

Assorted stationery and identity systems for Chicago's Q101 Radio.

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Q101 : Transmissions CD

A very limited edition CD compilation live concert CD of Pearl Jam, Mudhoney and Mad Season at Chicago's Soldier Field, produced and distributed by Q101 radio in Chicago.

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Corbis : Crop 3 brochure

Crop-3 was the third of an ongoing series of very special and limited edition catalogs for the rebranding of Corbis. This issue was specofic to "sports".

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Kahlua : Custom font

Three custom built and modified versions of a T26 font called Toulouse Lautrec for all Kahlua advertising done via BBDO Chicago.

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Shengna : Logo

Shengna is a Chinesse online music portal with information on concerts, events and other forms of entertainment thru-out China.

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Island Records : Willie Nelson's "Teatro" CD

Island Record's "Teatro" CD release by Willie Nelson.

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Elevation : Logo

Logo for Elevation, a new media company in Chicago.

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Corbis : Vintage posters poster

This very limited edition silkscreened poster (which is part of Crop 2) celebrates and promotes the new collection of vintage posters now available from Corbis and is in printed on a very thick sheet of translucent paper, then silk-screened on both sides, creating a 3-dimension effect for each poster thumbnail.

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Sound in Print : Poster

Carlos Segura & Joaquim Massana's entry in Chris Ashword's "Sound In Print" project. It has a simple proposition - visualise a song.

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Mitea : Logo

Logo (as part of a full identity system) for MiTea, importers of rare teas from around the world.

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Q101 : Local 101 v2 poster

Poster promoting the second annual "Local 101" CD compilation of local Chicago bands from Q101 radio in Chicago.

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Lesley Spencer : 9/11 Anthem poster

Poster promoting Lesley Spencer's "9/11 Anthem" album release.

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Lexico : Logo unification project

Identity system consisting of the unification of Lexico, and it's three online brands, Dictionary.com, Reference.com and Thesaurus.com.

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Typo Berlin 2010. 03-01-10. Carlos Segura will speak at TYPO 2010, May 20-22, 2010 along with some 50 designers and creatives that will show how easy success can be if you trust in your passion. Read More »

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Segura in Versus. 03-01-10. Segura is showcased in the 8th issue of Indonesia's Versus Magazine focusing on client relations. Read More »

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Segura at Fresno. 02-08-10. Carlos Segura will make a presentation at The Fresno State Graphic Design Club's Lecture Series at Fresno State on February 18th, 2010 at 6pm. RSVP on Facebook. Read More »

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Humble Pied. 12-01-09. Another great project by Mig Reyes includes Carlos Segura's "single tip" on Humble Pied. Read More »

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uKre8 Advice. 11-23-09. A few thoughts on how to be happy from George, of the VS Project, who is the main contributor to the uKre8 the VS project website. Carlos throws in a few thoughts in the fifth of 16 posts. Read More »

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Form Book & Promotion. 11-10-09. Sandu Publishing's Form "Book & Promotion" book showcases the very special and limited Rock Shox product catalog for SRAM. Read More »

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Design Chat with Segura. 09-01-09. Join Ryan McGovern at 8PM (Central Time) on Wednesday September 9th for a live video chat with Carlos Segura on DesignChat. The chat takes place at Mashable. Read More »

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Harper's Bazzaar Korea. 07-27-09. Harper's Bazzaar Korea "Designer's Room" segment features Segura Inc, among others in the July 2009 issue. Read More »

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AIGA Boston's 51 Posters. 06-12-09. In celebration of AIGA Boston's 25th Anniversary as a chapter, a limited edition of 350 commemorative books 51 Posters showcases 25 years of AIGA Boston's history through a treasury of the chapter's even posters (of which Segura's 1998 lecture is featured). Read More »

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Racetracks. 04-01-09. Carlos Segura and Chris Manfre of Metaphors In Motion have created a font of 111 racetracks from around the work and available from the T26 Digital Type Foundry.
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Grafica Del Caribe. 03-08-09. Carlos Segura will be the keynote speaker at Grafica Del Caribe at the Centro De Convenciones in Puerto Rico, March 13-14, 2009. Read More »

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Jason Wears My Shirt. 03-07-09. Twenty six year old Jason Sadler's "I Wear Your Shirt" project is brilliant, simple and fun. He's selling the upper-half of his wardrobe (shirts), every day of the year at face value, so January 1 is $1 and December 31 is $365. All 365 days without exception! Naturally we wanted to be a part of it so we (Cartype) bought Saturday, March 7th, 2009. Read More »

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Tokyo TDC awards Cartype. 02-13-09. The Tokyo Type Directors Club's 2009 Annual Awards competition has recognized Cartype out of 3,316 entries from all around the world. Read More »

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New (old) Segura logo.. 02-01-09. A very short history of our new (old) Segura logo. Read More »

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Big Book of Brochures. 01-01-09. While the Crop series of brochures for Corbis and the very limited edition catalog for Rockshox are both a few years old, they continue to garnish recognition in our industry and are both featured in this comprehensive book published by Collins Design. Read More »

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Computer Arts' "Design Icons" series. 12-09-08. The UK's Computer Arts has included Segura in their "Design Icons" series and is featured in an interview in the December 2008 issue. Read More »

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Design Stars Boulevard. 12-03-08. DPi's Design Stars Boulevard Volume 3 showcases outstanding graphic design commissions between 2005 and 2008. Segura inc is among the selected firms and this issue features 3 case histories. Read More »

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Segura part of Bastardised group. 11-17-08. Carlos Segura is one of 189 global designers invited to bastardise the "Bunch" logo and included in their limited edition run of 1500 books showcasing all of the creations. Read More »

Seen & Noted

[03.04.10]
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Near our office is this little Asian restaurant's ingenious hand made sign. There is just something refreshing about this.

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[03.09.10]
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The Streets Of Sadness effort attempts to shed light on those who’ve had it bad for a long time.

[03.09.10]
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A perfect example of how to succeed in advertising.

[03.01.10]
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The March font releases from T26 include Tee Franklin and Pannartz Book from Tomi Haaparanta, Aaux Next from Neil Summerour, Pichi from Juanjo Lopez, Helsingfurt from Fenotype, Alex Serif by Bank and Kinescope by Mark Simonson.

[02.27.10]
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Everything you want to know from Cartype in one easy place.

[02.24.10]
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Thanks to Dieline for recognizing the package design for the 5inch product line.

[02.24.10]
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It simply beyond me how these got thru.

[02.22.10]
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The STA and Critical Mass Chicago hosts Ryan McGovern of Design Chat to discuss the growing popularity of his video/Twitter informal design discussions.

[02.11.10]
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NYC.gov has recently launched a Google-esque interactive aerial map of New York in 1924 and Hyperakt has put togather a before and after history of NYC told by comparing aerial photography from 1924 and 2008.

[02.11.10]
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This post really began a year ago when I went to the Bucktown Art Fair in Chicago and met Leah Evans. I lost touch with her but went back to the same show on August 23rd, 2008 in the hopes to see her, and there she was, showcasing her work better than ever.

[02.07.10]
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If you don't laugh, and I mean out loud, you are dead.

[02.04.10]
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French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways.

For his installation in The Curve, Boursier-Mougenot creates a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape.

[02.04.10]
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What started out as an exercise in model building and photography, ended up as a dream-like reconstruction of the town Michael Paul Smith grew up in.

[02.01.10]
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T26's February collection includes Cowboyslang by HVD, Metallophile SP8 by Mark Simonson, Tang by Tomi Haaparanta, Adios Gringo by Fenotype, You Blockhead by Comicraft, Tooting Sans by Hamburger Fonts and Linewire by Johnathan Hill.

[01.29.10]
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A compelling and dynamic introduction on Identity 2.0 and how the concept of digital identity is evolving.

[01.27.10]
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Once again, Apple shows the world how its done.

[01.20.10]
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The new album by Yello.

[01.12.10]

Basecamp

[01.06.10]
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The First quadricopter that can be controlled by iPhone and iPod touch.

[01.05.10]
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Video platform for the Cartype website.

[01.05.10]
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For those of you on the go, you can now get Cartype on the Amazon Kindle.

[01.03.10]
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Check out this very unique food blog called Savory Chicks.

[01.01.10]
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T26 enter the new year with font releases by Comicraft, who bring us Spills Regular, Mark Simonson shows us Snicker, Grad and Kandal, followed by Neil Summerour's 24-weight Vekta, Juanjo Lopez's Paquita Pro and Fenotype's Valimo AMX and 62 Military Dingbats.