Here are some links and design resources I have collected from around the web that cover general design principles, printed publications and web design. This is intended to be a resource for students of design. Feel free to email me if you have a link you think should be added.
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On Being a Graphic Designer
- Art vs. Design
- Copyright Basics for Graphic Designers
- Design History
- Graphic Atlas – History of Print
- Improve as a Graphic Designer
- The Lost Principles of Design
- Thirty Conversations on Design
- Principles of Design
- Your First Graphic Design Job
Free Design Elements
- Brands of the World (logos)
- CSA Design Elements
- Icon Finder
- Stock Images
- Subtle Patterns
- Texture Lovers
- Textures
- Tileables (Patterns)
Design Theory
Color Study
- Color Meaning
- Color Wheel
- Color Psychology In Marketing
- COLOUR lovers
- Kuler
- Lessons in Color Theory
- Simple, Practical Color Theory
Typography
- Anatomy of Type
- Beginner’s Guide to Pairing Fonts
- Choosing Fonts
- Choosing Type: 5 Principles
- Combining Typefaces
- Combining Typefaces: 8 Ways
- Creative Print Typography Layouts
- Encyclopedia of Typefaces
- Font Magazine
- Inspirational Typographic Artwork
- Interactive Typography Lesson
- Intro to Typography Basics
- Typography as Design
- Typographic Designs
- Typographic Sins
- Typographic Terminology
- Using Type to Convey Emotion
Grids
- An Invisible Foundation
- Designing with Grid-Based Approach
- Grids – Order out of Chaos
- Grids – Flexible Options
- Grids – Consistency and Unity
Fonts
Branding
- 20 Famous Logos Created by Combining Simple Shapes
- 5 Tips to Better Brand Names
- Brand Identities
- Branding and the importance of consistent design
- Building Awesome Brand: First Step
- Letterhead Systems
Print Design
- 15 Delightful Brochure Designs
- 35 Awe-Inspiring Booklet Designs
- Beautiful Brochures & Booklets
- Table of Contents Examples
- Ultimate InDesign Toolbox
Printing & Prepress
- Glossary of Printing Terms
- Printing & Prepress Basics
- Setting Up Crops and Bleed
- U.S. Postal Requirements & Templates
Self Publishing
Web Design
- Dos and Don’ts of Web Design
- FireBugÂ
- Responsive Foundation
- Type Tester
- validator.w3.org
- Web Style Guide
- WriteMaps
- xHTML5 & CSS3 Support
xHTML
- HTML Filler Content
- xHTML Cheat Sheet
- xHTML5 Cheat Sheet
- xHTML Color Codes
- xHTML Entities
- Periodic Table of xHTML Elements
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Java Script
Blogs on Design
- A List Apart
- COLOURlovers
- Color Burned
- The Design Cubicle
- Design Informer
- Design Milk
- Graphic Exchange
- I Love Typography
- Inspired Mag
- Inspiredology
- Layers Magazine
- LetterHeady
- Logo Design Love
- Lovely Package
- Lovely Stationary
- Smashing Magazine
- Think Design
- Typesett
- Typography Served
- Web Designer Depot
- You The Designer