Top 5 resource sites for designers
Ivan | Thu, 2007-06-14 20:20I would like to collect the top resource sites for designers in this post. Please post your top 5 sites that you visit most often and are important for your work.
To start it off let me post my top 5 list:
1. http://logolounge.com - Logo collection for inspiration categorized by keywords and industry. Pay site.
2. http://sxc.hu - Free stock photo exchange site.
3. http://dafont.com - Free fonts.
4. http://brandsoftheworld.com - Logo collection for download.
5. http://tuaw.com - Apple blog with news about Mac software.
What is your top five?
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logolounge is cool.. never saw that one before. :)
1. http://alistapart.com
2. http://www.k10k.net
3. http://www.kirupa.com
4. http://www.stylegala.com
5. http://www.bittbox.com
also cool..
http://freelanceswitch.com/rates - freelance rate calculator
http://logopond.com/
http://www.highfloater.com/
http://www.dexigner.com/
http://sxc.hu
http://www.inthemod.com
mokenke
1. http://www.alvit.de/handbook
2. http://www.sitepoint.com/contests
3. http://www.dynamicgraphics.com
4. http://www.stylegala.com
5. http://www.cameronmoll.com
http://www.webwizguide.com/web_design/design/page_sizes.asp
http://www.designerstoolbox.com/index.php
http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/pattern.php?pattern=crossfade#
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/
http://kuler.adobe.com/
http://www.logoblog.org/ logo design
http://www.dafont.com free fonts
http://www.dexigner.com/
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/
http://www.designerstoolbox.com/index.php
I'm really suprised no one has mentioned any of my top 5....
(in no particular order)
http://www.freelanceswitch.com/
http://design-feed.net/
http://www.thedesignencyclopedia.org/
http://www.typographi.com/
http://www.ideasonideas.com/
EDIT//
since you guys brought them up, (although I rarely use them and actually hate them very much) this is the only site I get 'free fonts' from.
http://www.abstractfonts.com
it give you a complete character chart so you can see what characters are missing. (we all know free fonts are notorious for not including numbers / punctuation / upper AND lower case / etc.) and this site has some really 'abstract' (go figure) typefaces that work perfect for headlines.
Advertising Design Goodness:
http://www.frederiksamuel.com/blog/
Logo design:
http://logopond.com/
Sub based stock photos
http://photos.com/
Web Standards based web design:
http://www.456bereastreet.com
Drawn! Illustrator (persons not the app) blog:
http://www.drawn.ca
Typetester : compare screen type
http://typetester.maratz.com/
Brand New : opinions on corporate and brand identity work
http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/
Typophile : typography forum
http://www.typophile.com/
A List Apart : for people who make websites
http://www.alistapart.com/
Design Observer : writings on design and culture
http://designobserver.com/
Nice linkies folks. Typophile, A Last Apart, and Kirupa were already taken. So here goes:
THE ELEMENTS OF TYPOGRAPHIC STYLE APPLIED TO THE WEB
- A practical guide to web typography
http://webtypography.net/
SMASHING MAGAZINE:
A plethora of relevant links
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
WEB DEVELOPER'S BOOKMARKS
http://antriksh.com/resources/
TLBOX
http://www.tlbox.com/web_designers/
DESIGN MELTDOWN
http://www.designmeltdown.com/