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- 4 Design Elements Behind a Good Call to Action
An excellent summary of what makes a good call to action, with dozens of examples. - 15 More Cinemagraphs by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg | DeMilked
Cinemagraphs are animated GIFs that look like photos with movement; a curious hybrid between stills and video. - Build an Awesome Image Gallery with jQuery, Modernizr, and CSS3
- Landing Pages Design Showcase
Great collection of landing page examples. - A Detailed Look into Popular Styles in Web Design
- 5 Website Designs That Blew Us Away
- Billboard Web Design: How to Win Your Audience’s Attention
An interesting approach to designing web pages to grab attention, with some great examples. - Emotional Interface Design: The Gateway to Passionate Users
- The Art of the Web Background
- Five Minute Upgrade – Making Your Design Pop
- 12 Killer Tips for Designing in the Browser
A nice assortment of tools and techniques for designing in HTML and CSS. - Creative and Unusual Layouts and Navigation Designs
- Crayon Portraits | Fubiz™
- Artistic Vision: 15 Standouts in Graphic Design | WebUrbanist
- Logo Design Inspiration: 50+ Beautiful Examples | Inspiration …
- 40 Very Colourful Websites
- 25 Awe-inspiring Logo Designs | LOOKS.GD Design Magazine
- 60+ Helpful Resources for Portfolio Design | Vandelay Design Blog
- 23 Spectacular Examples of Digital Art by Artemis Kolakis | …
- 25 Inspirational Typography Posters | HowsYourBlog
- 79 Unique and Awesome Underwater Sculptures | WebUrbanist
- 90+ Exceptionally useful Logo Tutorials, Tips …
- 35 Inspiring Watercolor Effect in Web Design | Naldz Graphics
- 12 Inspiration Logos Featuring Subtle Symbolism » …
- 70+ Ultimate Collection Of Inspirations And Tutorial …
- 50 Essential Web Typography Tutorials, Tips, Guides and …
- 24 Top Free Texture Resources For Designers | Freebies | …
- Top Commercial Fonts For Print Designers
- 50 High Quality Free Icon Sets in PSD Format : Speckyboy …
- 26 Blog and Portfolio Designs That Impress Me » …
- TheDieline.com: Package Design: Vitamin Boxes
- 30 Interesting Light Leak Shots | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design …
- 37 of the Best Web Designs from the Travel Industry | …
- 30 Outstanding Single Page Website Designs | Web Design …
- 40 Ways to Build An Army of Inbound Links
- 16 Impressive Flash-Like Javascript Animation Inspirations, …
- 29 Gorgeous and Colorful Macro Photographs | Presidia Creative
- 42 Free Online Magazines for Designers | Graphics
A list of online magazines that are quite valuable to graphic designers.
- 25 Large Photo Background Websites | Inspiredology
- 8 Free Beige Photoshop Patterns | WebTreats ETC
- Texture Thursday: Hardwood
- 35 Beautiful Photography Websites | Design Showcase | …
- 20 Ways To Make Your Website Crap | Web Design Tutorials | …
- 25 Stylish Examples of Headers in Web Design
- 50 Inspiring Examples of Minimalism in Web Design
- Liquidicity » 50 Ways to Become a Better Designer
Resource Sites & Magazines
- Minervity - Design Blog - Tutorials, Freelance Tips and …
- Inspired Magazine | daily graphic design inspiration
- Inspiredology
- I love Typography (iLT), devoted to fonts, typefaces and all …
- Fuel Your Creativity
- Design Blog | Inspiration and Resources for Designers | …
- Colorfreak |
- Colorburned | Graphic design resources, tutorials, and more!
- Blog.SpoonGraphics
- BittBox
- Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials
- Over 300 Unique and Creative Google Logo Designs - Web Design …
- 50 Beautiful And Creative Logos With Heart | Inspiration | …
- 80 Excellent Examples of Photo Manipulation Art | Inspiration …
80 Examples of photo manipulation, great for inspiration!
- 7 Fabulous Tips & Tricks Daily Sources for Designers …
- 21 Beautiful And Creative Navigation Menus | Web Design …
Blogs
Design Gallery
- CSS Orgy
- 50 New Beautiful Blog Designs
- Web Templates - Flash Website Templates - Logo Design - …
- The Best Designs - The Best Flash and CSS Web Design Gallery
- 30 Untypical WordPress Sites
- Fecal Face - Info/ Contact
“Fecal Face is a content-rich, comprehensive, multidisciplinary art and culture website supporting the art scene in San Francisco and beyond since 2000. The site greets between 11,000—13,000 visitors a day, occupying a unique niche online and in the “real world,” by chronicling and shaping the contemporary arts scene in the SF Bay Area and beyond. Visitors to Fecal Face find photo rich features including artist interviews, studio visits, blogs by prominent artists and personalities, an hourly updated news section and coverage of current art openings. Additionally the site supports a forum board with over 2000 users, a comprehensive creative jobs database and an events calendar offering some of the more obscure attractions in San Francisco, Los Angelos and New York. It’s helped launch the careers of many a creative, and catalyzed a community of artists working in various mediums from around the globe." - It's Nice That
“It’s Nice That was launched in April 2007 by designers Will Hudson and Jez Burrows to document and inspire creative talent.” Organized by month and category, a “visual blog” that displays a variety of creative work ranging from animation to music. - ScrnShots: Share your inspiration
“Share your inspiration. Scrnshots.com is a community for designers to share screenshots of interesting and beautiful design.”
Books
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Daniel Eatock Imprint: Works 1975-2007
Daniel Eatock
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Otto Neurath
Nader Vossoughian and Otto Neurath
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Women Of Design: Influence And Inspiration From The Original Trailblazers To The New Groundbreakers
Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio
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Data Flow: Visualising Information in Graphic Design
R. Klanten, N. Bourquin, S. Ehmann, and F. van Heerden
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Now Is Then: Snapshots from the Maresca Collection
Marvin Heiferman
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