feed your inner design craving
Need help coming up with ideas? Feeling uninspired? We realize that sometimes you just need to see others people’s work. Read other designer’s ideas. Remember how design operates. Sort through our selection of helpful design resources.
Books
We learn a lot from our professors and fellow classmates, but sometimes we can learn something from the books we find in our libraries and on our trips. Listed here is a list of the books our professors and students find both helpful and inspirational.
Websites
Need inspiration? Here you can find design blogs, firm websites, collections of great work and other tools that can help spark the creative genius inside of you.
- designobserver.com
- graphicdesignbar.com
- typeforyou.org
- underconsideration.com
- pingmag.jp
- debbiemillman.blogspot.com
- thedesignencyclopedia.org
- designarchives.aiga.org
- aiga.org
- designaddict.com
- aquent.com
- logolounge.com
- notcoming.com
- typography.com
- mimeartist.com
- typeculture.com
- papress.com
- typeradio.org
Design Principles and Elements
Ooh, fundamentals. The design principles and elements are the cornerstone of any design professional’s learning. Here’s a list if you needed some refreshing.
- Balance
- Emphasis
- Gradation
- Repetition
- Contrast
- Harmony
- Unity
- Line
- Shape
- Direction
- Size
- Texture
- Color
- Value
- Intensity