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Segura
1110 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60642
773.862.5667
info@segura-inc.com
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Red Dot WinnerIn December of 2004, Segura was honored with Europe's Red Dot Award for the ongoing series called "Crop"¯ for Corbis. Both the Grand Prix and the Best of the Best were awarded, the first time ever to a US design firm.
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Cartype
A comprehensive study and collection of reviews and typographical applications of emblems, car company logos and car logos with images, comments, links, car company information and general interest.
Biketype
A website featuring a comprehensive collection of emblems, bike company histories, logos, typographical & graphical reviews, design features and just about anything that is bike related.
T26
T26 Digital Type Foundry was established by Carlos Segura in 1994 to promote the development, promotion, and distribution of independent type design. Since then, T26 has become the largest independent source for new and innovative fonts offering a library of over 2000 individual styles comprised of over 600 families. With award winning promotional designs by its parent company Segura Inc., T26 has maintained its relevance with a dedication to the broader integration of typography with graphic design, fine art, and popular visual culture.
5inch
Finally, pre-designed, silk-screened blank CDRs, DVDs and trigger cases as unique as the data put on them.
For you recording artists, use 5inch discs as demos of your most recent audio excursions. Designers, artists and photographers use our discs to showcase their portfolios.
Our discs are also ideal for your MP3s, video and multimedia presentations, photo albums, file transfers and data backup.
Each disc is printed in a limited run. (think of it as... "we did to blank discs what Swatch(R) did to watches"). Once the design is gone, it is gone. New designs are printed and posted on a regular basis. We also carry solid color and even "clear" CDRs, DVDRs trigger cases in a variety of styles and colors, disc hubs, various storage items and t-shirts.
Mototype
A comprehensive study and collection of reviews and typographical applications of emblems, motorcycle company logos and motorcycle logos with images, comments, links, motorcycle company information and general interest.
Sadsight
An easy place to vent.
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Metaphors in Motion : Website
Website for Metaphors in Motion, who's message is the "Art of transportation" captured through photography. Focused on collectors of cars, aircraft, or marine who want the objects they love and own expressed as a photographic "art piece".
Metaphors in Motion tells a visual story of a vehicle presented as a series of photographs which delve not only into the form, color, and detail but also the context in which the photograph is taken. The surroundings and reflections serve to enrich the quality and experience of the "art piece".
Greg Heck : Stationery
A full identity system (including logo) for Greg Heck, a photographer based in Chicago, produced on hand-made Japanese papers.
Cultura : Stationery
Identity system for Hispanic agency in Texas.
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.
T26 Digital Type Foundry : Tab newspaper
The "Tab" newspaper was part of a two year direct mail campaign produced by T26 were a monthly tabloid promoting specific collections, styles or packages were featured from their font collection.
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.
Corbis : RF-3 catalog
The RF catalog series is an ongoing campaign branded as "RF" to promote the Royalty Free collection offered by Corbis. This is the first of the series, called RF-3.
Yosho : Poster
Poster for Yosho, a programing, multimedia and web development company in California. This was used as an introductory teaser announcing their new name.
T26 Digital Type Foundry : Tokyo set
Special Events kits produced specifically for the Tokyo Type Directors Club. An evening featuring a presentation by Carlos Segura and honoring the work from T26.
Express : Jeans tags
Express Jeans commissioned Segura Inc (among others) to design hang tags for their "Dangerously Bold" jeans line. All of our solutions for the tags double as a "keepsakes" that could be used as fun and functional objects.
Extensis : MWSF T-shirt
A special and limited edition t-shirt created for the 2008 Mac World San Francisco event promoting Extensis' font server application.
T26 Digital Type Foundry : The Techno Set
A very unique and limited set of letterpressed cards, in a die-cut and letter-pressed carrier, called "The Techno Set" features a coolection of 14 pixel fonts. The case was then put into a silk-screened burlap bag.
Corbis : Crop Japan brochure
Special version of Crop for the Japanesse market. All pages are clear celofane, with white silk-screen on the back and images on the front, and then french folds.
MTG Productions : Stationery
Stationery and identity system for MTG Productions, a print and film production company in Chicago.
Christina Aguilera : Promotional Web Trailer
Limited edition CD and animated flash web registration promotional trailer for Christina Aguilera.
Country Music Television : Logo
Type treatments and titling sequences for the 2006 CMT Music Awards.
Corbis : Itch logo.
The Itch identity is part of an ongoing series of catalogs from Corbis created to announce and celebrate the joining of the Zefa collection of images with Corbis.
T26 Digital Type Foundry : Spaceships poster
Front of the T26 "Spaceships" poster showcasing a special bundled collection of fonts.
XXX Snowboards : Logo
A series of logos for XXX Snowbaords.
Marchandise Mart : Logo
Logo for Chicago's Marchandise Mart.
Q101 : Jamboree 99 "comics" poster
Comic books poster for Q101 radio's annual "Jamboree" concert series in Chicago. This year's theme was "comics". A comic book was made for each of the 11 bands, which include Hole, Silverchair, 2-Skinnee Js, Local H, LIT, The Flys, Blondie, Kottonmouth Kings, Orgy, Puya, Blink 182 and Offspring.
Humble Pied. 12-01-09. Another great project by Mig Reyes includes Carlos Segura's "single tip" on Humble Pied. Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
New (old) Segura logo.. 02-01-09. A very short history of our new (old) Segura logo. Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Cut & Paste/55DSL challenge. 10-15-08. Carlos Segura will participate as one of the judges in the Cut & Paste/55DSL Logo Remix challenge. Read More »
The Design Entrepreneur. 10-13-08. The T26 Digital Type Foundry is one of 48 designers featured in Steven Heller and Lita Talarico's book "The Design Entrepreneur" showcasing efforts implemented by working designers from around the world one how they "turned graphic design into goods that sell". Read More »
Segura in Monterrey. 09-23-08. Carlos Segura will be one of the many speakers at this years U.Design Monterrey in Mexico from October 8th thru October 10 2008. Read More »
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