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Articles

Advice for Design Students by David Airey
How To Write An Effective Design Brief and Get The Design You Want!
Tips on How to Write a Bio
99 sites all designers must know

Portfolio Handbook

Blogs/Facebook

99u
AIGA ORANGE COUNTY
The AGENCY POST
Jeff Bullas
Co.DESIGN

Design Week
Designer Ledger
DesignRfix
Disegno Daily
Dribbble social media network for designers
Colin Gautrey's influence blog
Graphics.com
EvoLLLution Illuminating the LifeLongLearning Movement
The Fast Track
GIZMODO
Graphic Design Classes
imsimplycreative
ILSR (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
Graphic Mania
Lawsonry (Web developer)
Inspirationfeed (nice freebies for artists)
Lori McNee fine art & tips
Mashable
My Morning Coffee TV--
video, social, and mobile marketing strategist
Old People. New Technology.
Pinterest teaching online with pinterest
Smashing Magazine
Socialmedia.biz
TED
WDL
Workplace Insanity


Blog Tyrant


California Fun Zone

Daytrippen


Color Pallets

Adobe Kuler
Color Scheme Designer
colourlovers/pallettes


Conversion Chart: Fraction/Decimal

mdmetric.com/tech/cvtchtfdm.htm


Creative Portfolio Showcase

Anna Goodson Management
Awwwards
Creative Hotlist
Behance

COROFLOT
Etsy 
Flicker
Hunie
the MATBOARD
Awwwards
Styleapple
Tumblr.


Design Directory

Core77Design Directory (A comprehensive guide to the best design firms & creative agencies)


Design Inspiration

Before and After
ConceptFlame
Design Inspiration Photography
Underconsideration
WD Standards


Design Inspiration/
Video Series

Artist Series:
Hillman Curtis
–Lawrence Weiner
David Carson
Milton Glaser
Stefan Sagmeister
Paula Scher
James Victore


Designers for Hire

styleapple


Digiday

Brands, Agencies, Publishers, Platforms, Etc, Events, Jobs


e-Books

snapfish--Publish your own photo books
blurb--make your own book


Envelope Sizes

belightsoft.com


Favorite Youtube Links

Alex Gopher - motion typography
I Love NY - Type in motion
Johnny Cash in Typography
Original Design Gangsta
Ted Ideas Worth Spreading
Typolution
Who's on First? Typography
2012: Year of Power--Lee Harris
YSDN - What is Graphic Design?


Fonts & Typography

font space
Linotype
1001freefonts
dafont
urban fonts


Google Analytics

Gain traffic and optimize your site for FREE
google.com/analytics


Hi-Tech Trends/News

Business Insider
Extreme tech
gawker
The Washington Times


Job Seekers

Appleone
Aquent
Arrowmac
coroflot
The Creative Group (TCG)
freelanceswitch
Indeed
Monster
SimplyHired
Snag a job
Talent Zoo
Vitamin T
ziprecruiter


Learning Resources

Adobe Video Workshop
Creative Edge
Drawspace
Kelbytraining
lynda.com
Open Culture
Total Training
w3.org


Logos

Seek logos
iconic logo designers
Logolounge
logopond
logofaves
logospire
logogala
logosauce
logomoose
logobliss
problogdesign

stocklogos
thedesigninspiration
webanddesigners


Magazines & Resources

Applied Arts
Before and After

CMYK

Communication Arts
Computer Arts

Creative Review (CR)

Design Edge Canada

Eye

Grain Edit

Graphic Design USA

How

Layers

Print
Step Inside Design
Wired

Mobile App

STUDIOPRESS Test out your Web site for Mobile app viewing


Paper Houses, Packaging, Retractable banners

Build a sign
Envelope Mall
Eye 4 Packaging
Modern Arts Packaging
Mohawk
neenahpaper
Paper-source

paperandmore

lcipaper
You the Designer


Photography

DANA NEIBERT
image briefs
lightstalking
Mansurovs Photography Great site for photography tips
Picture Correct
Shakodo (Tips on negotiating pricing)

Printing Industry

iMyck Print trade online


Publish YOUR work and stand out amongst your competition

blurb--make your own book
My Publisher
--showcase your portfolio to potential clients
Paper Source
snapfish--Publish your own photo books


Quotes by Famous People

brainyquote
Jack Welch Quotes


Resume Samples

Flicker


Royalty Free Photos

A mega meta-search engine designed exclusively for image researchers and designers:
PACAsearch.com

age FOTOSTOCK
akg-images
Alamy
Aurora Photos
BIGSTOCK
bridgeman
Blendimages
Citizen Stock
Classicstock
CorbisIMAGES
Danita Delimont
dreamstime
education imagery
Esto
everett collection
Foto Search
fwaphoto
gettyimages
Glasshouse Images
Huntstock
IMAGE SOURCE
IPN Stock
istockphoto
Inspiration Mind
lonely planet IMAGES
Masterfile
MaxX Images
MEDIA BAKERY
National Geographic Stock
North Wind Picture Archives

Phototake
Robert Harding World Imagery
ROBERT STOCK
Rubberball
Shutterstock
Stock Connection
Stocktrek images
Super Stock
Tetra Images
The Granger Collection
The image works
thinkingspace.economist
Thinkstock
Veer


Scheduling Made Easy

Doodle


SEO

Evaluate any website

Improving Value and Volume in Link Building
KAISER the SAGE


Short Films--Be Inspired

Hillman Curtis


Sign Graphic Vendors

Sunrise Signs (vehicle wrap advertising)


Social Marketing Reworked

GRAPHEffect


Social Media

40 Billion


Social Planning & Surveys

Evite--Top online invitation and social planning website
Survey Monkey


Sources to Monitor

Creative Business
InDesign Magazine
Maclife
Macworld
PhotoshopUser
X-Ray
CNET
CreativePro
MacInTouch
MacFixIt
Maccnn
MacWorld


Templates
Best Printing Online (down loadable templates)


Tutorials/Learning Resources

My Drawing Tutorials
Steele Training Photography
Webneel


Typography

Typography Deconstructed
WhatTheFont can't figure out the font...start here
Wilton Foundry


Web Developers & Designers

Mozilla Developer Network
thefwa

SEOmoz
w3.org
google.com/analytics
WD Standards
Web and Designers


US Postal Service for
Mailpiece Design

Publications, Electronic Templates
pe.usps.com/mpdesign/mpdfr_intro_all.asp


World Wide Design Directory

design-agency


Trades & Associations

AIGA
Get your work noticed, pro-bono work at AIGA—DESIGN FOR GOOD
Design:related
National Association for Photoshop Users (NAPP)
Designing for the Web


Favorite Sites

Resources and Tools for Designers

TheMuse
Huffington Post
thedieline.com
Webneel (nice logos for inspiration)
LOVE BRANDING (blog)
Presentation Folders (die cuts)
Daniel Freytag
NEW YORK AVE. (Branding)
Inspirational Brochure designs
REACHMAIL

Trumpet

Polyvore
jwscreative
zendesk
AdThis
BradonGaille
Designworks
Top 7 Free FTP Clients Apps
Designing for the Web
ADC Global
BETA LIST
TED Ideas worth spreading
Strings Magazine
Musician's Friend
Design Inspiration

Sylvie Guillem
CREATIVE ADVERTISING ARCHIVE
CORY, MARKETING
Flipboard
Double Vision
Memac Ogilvy
MILLENNIAL MEDIA
Retriever Web Solutions
society6
Super Pixel Chris
Visual Theresaurus

petfinder.com
Ogilvy & Mather
vetSTREET
University Communications and Marketing Editorial style guide
Violinist blog
Johnson String Instrument
VisualTHESAURUS
Windows of New York
ladd — Brand Identity Design
Alina Wheeler — Brand Identify Design
Andrea Austoni — Logo Design, Illustration
Clearleft — Digital Design, Web Sites
At Media — Identity, Development, Management
Aisleone — Graphic Design, Typography, Grid Systems, Minimalism and Modernism
Believe in — Design Studio
the Story of Telling — Brand Strategy, Brand Naming, Brand Story
Mytton Williams — Branding
Made by Parent — Branding
Con Kennedy  — Design Studio
brandient — Global Rebranding
Howells — Design Studio, Blog
Darragh Neely — Design Studio
Davidthedesigner — Blog
ethics in graphic design — Blog
Eric Karjaluoto — Blog
TheClick — Design Studio, Branding
gariphic — Logo Design, Print Design, Advertising
Ian Vadas — Brand Identity
Jenny Theolin — Creative Direction. Art Direction. Design.
Jessica Hagy — Artist, Writer, Speaker
Think Studio — Graphic Design Firm, Identity
Weare 1910 — Design Studio, Graphic Design and Art Direction for Brands, Games, and Web
Selikoff+Company — Design Studio, Branding
Paige 1 — Design Agency
Manic — Creative Agency
Katherine Ramsland — Author, Blogger, Teacher (Forensic Psychology)
Subtraction — Blog about design
Apartment One — Design Agency
Luke Tonge — Graphic Designer and Art Director
MACNAB DESIGN — Design Agency
MashCreative — Graphic Designer
StudioDempsey — Design Studio
Red Words — Writing and Ideas
Nancy Wu Design — Graphic Designer
Asbury & Asbury — Designer & Writer
Buro Reng — Designer
zerofree — Design Agency, Identify, Print, Digital
ryan tym — Designer

Advertising Age Twitter Power 150 List
stocklayouts
AEF Advertising Educational Foundation (giants of advertising; top thinkers and influencers)
What do you want to calculate or know about: WolframAlpha
Casey's Cupcakes
Creative agency: CreativeFusion
Bootstrap Themes
Make Money @ envato
Promote your small business online: allBcards
Boost your organization's performance and customer service: Liz Kislik Associates
Twitter followers Tracker and Intagram Tracker: Unfollowsme
statusbrew.com
School Brochure Designs


Featured Sites

Creative Marketing, Writers, Designers, Illustrators, Photographers, and Agencies:

ASICS stop at never
Adams Graphic Design
AdParlor Advertise on Facebook
Nic Adler
ADWEEK
David Airey
Apartment One
Arpad Lukacs Photography
berghDESIGNS
BIG BRAND SYSTEM
This is BLISS
Brand New
Brave the Woods
Pedro Brêtas interactive designer
Jonathan Burton
Cargo Collective--Shannon Shelly
CHANEL
CHR Group (The next agency Network)
DANA NEIBERT
Dave Charest

clickudos Photography
James Coxon

Darrin Crescenzi
The Deep End join the podcast on itunes
Design Embraced
Design Milk
Design Strobe paper.li
Deutsch
Drumroll
Duffy & Partners 
EPPI Design

Farhan Nasir
Fast Company
Victoria Fernandez

fpjourne

From Up North
Furlong PR
Future-ish
Ury Guzman
harvey

Peter Henshaw
HubSpot
inc.
Jamiie
Jekyll and Hyde
Jessica Hische
kakoii
KAYWA QR CODE
Kovick
Kristi Duce Design
Miguel Herrera
Igor

imnotrightinthehead
Inga Design
Just Creative
Jay Kamath
Kovick
Jim Krause design
Lady Gaga
Lagom design
Lambesis
Landor Associates
Rachel Landry Writing
Latin Works
Rosie Lee
Laurent Even Photographe
Mateusz Lugowski
Mansurovs Photography
Alex Mathers
Jan Marshall
MEDIATE, the arts not-for-profit organization, San Francisco based
Moors Creative
Moosylvania
My Little Underground
Orangespocket
Pat Perry
Pentagram
Photomarvel
PIXOYO
pja
Pollen
Puma
Purpose
RAW natural born artists
re:fuel
Reilley Group
Saatchi & Saatchi LA
Sagmeister
STOKEFIRE
Tony Samuels Studio
Steve Simpson
The Sherwood Group
Nate Smith
Danny Somoza
Status Creative
Jessica Sterling Photography
Liam Stevens
Paul Soulellis
Carl Spady
StopAtNever
studio 24/7
Sweyda
toormix
Vanderpoel Films
Velvet is: Photography
Velvet Photography
Visual Resource
Whoiscarrus
Wiki Branding
Will Sherwood
Woods2
The Workroom
Wunderman West
Paul Wyatt
Zen Habits
ZilYen
Zookeeper



Writers

WriteExpress
Urban Dictionary
Grammarly.com
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