Blogs, lists, online forums for designers
These designer blogs, forums and resource sites were recommended by members and subscribers to the GDC Listserv. Click on the link to open the site in a new window.
A List Apart: for people who make websites
ATypI France blog
Colour & Design Blog colorlovers.com
David C. Baker's ReCourses
Design Observer
Etapes: French design magazine
Flicker: designer books group
Fontzone
Lynda.com: online training and tips
Newseum: the interactive museum of news with front pages of newspapers from around the world.
Speak Up
Spiekermann
Studica: good source for Pantone books
The Graphic Student: where design students talk
Typographica: a journal of typography featuring news, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design
Online Design Resources
Excellent site with mega-resources for logo design/typography:
www.logodesignlove.com/
ico-D International Council of Design
Design Media Network is a single online source/list for design publications and media worldwide. Search for design publications by topic or by geographic locale, and the posted links lead to a wealth of online and downloadable resources.
Devil's Artisan Check back issues for articles on Canadian design pioneers.
The GDC Journal
Design Council
aTypl Association dedicated to type and typography.
The Society of Typographic Aficionados
Graphic Artists Guild
Typeright promotes typefaces as creative works and advocates their legal protection as intellectual property.
Design archive sites
AIGA Design Archives
Bauhaus Archive
Canadian Design Resource
Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art
Design Museum
ico-D Resources
NAGO - The Dutch Design Archive
Rene Wanner's Poster Page
RIT Design Archive Online
The Arts and Humanities Data Service
University of Brighton Design Archives
Great Web Design Resources
abookapart.com — Are the books that were started by the guys from Happy Cog and A List Apart.
www.w3schools.com is a good reference site for HTML, CSS, Javascript and more.
Here's the MDN CSS reference, complete with info on non-Mozilla browsers: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/CSS/CSS_Reference
Design and publishing of ebooks: pubstandards.org
