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Featured Sites
grain edit “Focused on classic design work from the 1950s–1970s and contemporary designers that draw inspiration from that time period. Site content includes interviews, articles, designers’ libraries as well as examples of rare design annuals, type specimens, Ephemera, posters and vintage kids books.”
A Daily Dose of Architecture “(Almost) daily architectural musings from the American Midwest founded by John Hill.”
Added February 28, 2005
a one and a two “Ideas, observations, and research published by Iridesco, a web design studio in downtown New York City.”
Added December 9, 2007
Adliterate “Dedicated to providing radical thinking for the brand advice business. It is concerned in the main by the future of advertising and the marketing communications industries, the impact of technology on communications and the nature of potent brands.”
Added December 1, 2008
Advertising/Design Goodness “Started in May 2005 with the mission to showcase only the best advertising and design around the globe. But sometimes you have to show the very worst as well in order to know what great ads and designs are. This site is there to start a conversation, to inspire, to enjoy great work, or to just talk about what your views are.”
Added April 1, 2007
Alma Hoffmann’s Weblog “life + design + writing = everything, and everything in between”
Added October 18, 2009
anArchitecture “Dedicated to architecture and architectural thinking. News, links and opinions. Encourages the interchange of information between architectural interested.”
Added May 30, 2005
architechnophilia “Architecture is my obsession. This is architecture through my perverse eyes. You can call this archi-lust!”
Added May 30, 2005
Architectures of Control “Increasingly, many products are being designed with features that intentionally restrict the way the user can behave, or enforce certain modes of behaviour. The same intentions are also evident in the design of many systems and environments. This site aims—with readers' input—to examine and analyse the ideas and techniques of these architectures of control in design.”
Added February 3, 2008
Artopia “John Perreault's art diary featuring his evaluations of art seen in galleries, museums, public spaces, and sometimes in artists' studios.”
Added February 13, 2008
Asterisk “D. Keith Robinson is a writer, designer, etc. in Seattle, Washington. He specializes in Web publishing and user-centered, Web standards-based design and development solutions and writes about all that and more here at Asterisk*.”
Added December 30, 2005
BarryBlog “Business Communication Design, Graphic and Product Design, Design Value, Design Strategy, Technology, Art Direction, Thought Leadership, Faith, Observations, Book Design, Publishing, Innovation, Ideas, Creativity, Objects, Recommends, and whatnot.”
Added August 5, 2007
Basement.org “Voice of me, Richard Ziade. A reflection of my own professional interests and curiosity: the importance of good experience design; delivering richer experiences over the Web; the untapped potential of RSS and feed syndication; and how technology trends affect our personal and professional lives.”
Added December 28, 2007
Beyond Brilliance, Beyond Stupidity “Double weblog maintained by Nick Aster. It's primary focus is urban and environmental issues, with a particular emphasis on transportation and occasional wanderings into other areas.”
Added March 1, 2005
Brand Noise “Blog by scenarioDNA, boutique research and brand planning consultancy dedicated to leveraging the new era of social networks.”
Added March 1, 2007
Choosenick! “Nick Marsh's notes and observations on service design, as well as other interesting things and thinking”
Added October 18, 2009
cityofsound “Founded by Dan Hill, a London-based designer. Focus on what information designers and information architects could learn from the way cities and buildings work, with particular reference points around adaptive design, architecture, interaction design, the user experiences around music and radio, emergence, new media colliding with old media, e-government—that sort of thing.”
Added February 28, 2005
Communication Nation “Communication is one of the most important skills anyone can have, in business and in life. As individuals and as a species, I believe we will be happier and more productive if we can improve our ability to communicate. This blog is dedicated to that effort. Join the conversation!”
Added May 19, 2006
Contemporist “A joint-effort between two people who want to promote great contemporary design.”
Added January 26, 2008
Coudal Partners “Edited by Coudal Partners, a design, advertising and interactive studio in Chicago, as an ongoing experiment in web publishing, design and commerce.”
Added February 13, 2005
CR Blog “News and views on visual communications from the writers of Creative Review”
Added January 23, 2008
Creative Generalist “Steve Hardy's outpost for curious divergent thinkers who appreciate new ideas from a wide mix of sources. Completely random and updated regularly, inspiration drawn from—and relevant to—the larger creative world.”
Added February 13, 2005
Creative Seeds “A blog dedicated to creative work: How-to's on finding design work and creative recruiting, advice on what leading designers are looking for, and showcases of great work from Coroflot portfolios.”
Added November 4, 2007
Creative Something “For the creative professional in all of us: Creative Something is the premier blog for all of your creative needs. Whether you are looking for creative inspiration, motivation, or just some general creative ideas, Creative Something provides you with all of the creative insights you will ever need.”
Added March 22, 2008
Crew Design “Joint collaboration of four young graphic designers living across the United States”
Added September 1, 2008
Croc o’ Lyle “This is a place for things I find interesting or have to say related to usability, web design, information architecture and user experience practices. I sometimes also just ramble about other stuff as well... Lyle Kantrovich, User Experience Architect”
Added April 23, 2005
Daily Exhaust “Journal of New York-based art director Michael Mulvey. Contents of exhaust include commentary on web design, pop culture, technology, and everything else combustible.”
Added October 15, 2007
DC Goodwill Fashion Blog “Provides knowledge and insight on vintage and contemporary clothing and accessories that are valuable to fashion shoppers.”
Added December 31, 2007
Design Dialogues “Design Dialogues emerges from the intersection of new design, innovation, social issues, & systems thinking. Dialogue is between perspectives, toward a design canvas of products, systems, organizations & societies. In a world of complex, wicked problems, design has many cultural instruments, of dialogue, arts, research, & action.”
Added August 5, 2007
Design leads us where exactly? “Occasional findings from an academic research fellowship concerned with design leadership, design research, emerging practices such as interaction and service design, and the framing of unframed problems”
Added August 26, 2007
Design Sojourn “Visiting Design Sojourn is about taking part in a journey of design. A journey that will ultimately and hopefully teach you how to do good design and create clever products.”
Added September 1, 2007
Dirty Mouse “Aims to provide designers' mice with enough visual food from the worlds of graphic design, web design, illustration, photography, interior and product design in order to get their creative juices flowing.”
Added September 1, 2008
FreelanceSwitch—The Freelance Blog “Community & Resource for freelancers of all varieties—designers, writers, programmers, illlustrators, photographers.”
Added September 2, 2007
Future Feeder “Stands on its toes, peaking over the fence where the future is brighter and collects articles and projects vaguely related to the future of technology, design and architecture. Edited and published by Che-Wei Wang.”
Added February 28, 2005
Genuine Curiosity “The concept is this: when you're talking to people about stuff, rather than trying to connect the dots in your own mind (i.e. jump to conclusions or make assumptions), hold back a bit on that tendency and ask another open ended question. Simple, but it'll make a difference in what you learn, how open people are to you, and how much you connect with them.”
Added September 16, 2007
GigaOM.com “Online news and weblog published by GigaOmniMedia, Inc., a San Franciso-based company. We deliver technology news, analysis and opinions on topics ranging from broadband to online games and Web 2.0 to a monthly global audience of 500,000 consumers and professionals interested in the world of hi-tech.”
Added April 1, 2007
Gizmodo “Technology weblog dedicated to everything related to gadgets, gizmos, and cutting-edge consumer electronics. Our influential audience stops by frequently to check out the latest news, reviews and recommendations for products including laptops, cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras, home entertainment and more.”
Added September 28, 2005
gong.szeto.blog “I am drawn to where art, design, and capitalism meet. And I am most interested in what art, design, and capitalism have to say about our very real global climate crisis. Thankfully, they are all saying a lot these days.”
Added June 9, 2007
grain edit “Focused on classic design work from the 1950s–1970s and contemporary designers that draw inspiration from that time period. Site content includes interviews, articles, designers’ libraries as well as examples of rare design annuals, type specimens, Ephemera, posters and vintage kids books.”
Added November 23, 2007
Graphic Design Blog “Views on design books, websites, graphic design programs, graphic design training, design employment, freelancing, ideas and all things graphic design.”
Added November 11, 2007
GraphicHug “We love graphic design. We love to hug. We love to hug graphic design.”
Added November 1, 2008
Graphicology “Continuing education of a mulitdisciplinary designer. Here, you'll find resources, inspiration, current events and material that challenges what it means to be a strategic & creative communicator in today's world.”
Added September 2, 2007
graphicpush “A sporadically but faithfully updated blog on a variety of topics affecting creatives, including management issues, business, freelance, design, web development and much more.”
Added November 23, 2007
Hatch! “The Design Public blog on new design, architecture, culture, humor and more!”
Added January 26, 2008
I love Typography “Designed to inspire its readers, to make people more aware of the typography that is around them.”
Added October 22, 2007
Ideas and Innovations “Thoughts on creativity, innovation, and the spread and impact of ideas by Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon”
Added February 18, 2007
ideasonideas “a blog that invites dialogue on issues relevant to communication designers and brand strategists”
Added July 1, 2007
Karin’s Style Blog “This blog covers my inspirations and my thoughts on topics such as beauty, patterns and things.”
Added November 11, 2007
Karrie Jacobs, The Itinerant Urbanist “A blog about cities, buildings, and the spaces in-between.”
Added January 26, 2008
Kitchen Contraptions “Dedicated to everything you need to make your cooking experience better! Kitchen Gadgets, Appliances, & Reviews!”
Added January 26, 2008
Kitsune Noir “Personal blog of Bobby Solomon. Its purpose is to share interesting things I find relating to art, design, music, movies, fashion and technology.”
Added October 1, 2008
Kottke.org “Jason Kottke has maintained the popular and influential weblog kottke.org since March 1998, writing about web technology, photography, media, design, the writable web, and science.”
Added February 13, 2005
Labour of heart* “A blog about works done with passion and "heart". You'll find fashion, design, interior design, photography, architecture, art, visual inspiration and simple lifestyle.”
Added January 25, 2008
laissezfaire “This is my design wonderland where I post everything and anything that inspires me daily.”
Added December 17, 2007
loud paper “Dedicated to increasing the volume of architectural discourse. It is a slambamgetitoutthere way of linking architectural thoughts, musings, and new work with the culture at large.”
Added June 6, 2002
magCulture “A site about magazine and (occasionally) newspaper design written by Jeremy Leslie, author of the books 'magCulture' and 'Issues'.”
Added February 1, 2009
Manystuff “Many things to be seen! Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography”
Added October 26, 2007
Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog “Customer Centric Thoughts from the World's Sharpest Minds in Marketing, Strategy, Innovation and Design”
Added December 28, 2007
materialicious “Featuring residential architecture, design, craftsmanship, materials and products.”
Added January 26, 2008
metacool “thoughts on the art & science of bringing cool stuff to life, by Diego Rodriguez”
Added November 16, 2007
minor details “imagination agent for children's commercial, residential, and recreational spaces.”
Added January 19, 2008
Modern Design 901 “Dedicated to our love for modern design and the people who created it.”
Added November 25, 2007
Notes on Design “Our selective panel of guest authors includes professional designers, writers, educators, and business owners, each of whom write to inspire creativity, improve the quality of your work, and promote engaged thinking about today's most pressing design topics.”
Added December 2, 2007
Oobject. “Somewhere between a blog and a directory. We pick topics for lists of gadgets . People then suggest items to go into them by tagging things as Oobject in wists. Visitors then vote on items to create something like
Added September 2, 2007
Partial Recall “Rob Fay is an information architect making sense of an information age. He is passionate about the 'I' in IT and strives to evangelize that information is a resource on equal footing with an organization's human, financial, and physical resources.”
Added June 9, 2007
Particletree “This place, this collection of knowledge, is a gathering of forces, a sharpening of skills. We believe both web applications and learning about how to create web applications can always be better.”
Added November 25, 2007
Presentation Zen “Garr Reynold's blog on issues related to professional presentation design”
Added December 11, 2007
PSFK.com “A lens of changes in cultural behavior that influence all of us. In a world with unparalleled access to endless content, it's hard to know where to begin your search for insightful information. Beyond the algorithm of the search engine, the human touch makes a difference. The content provided on PSFK.com, and its sister sites, is hand-selected and unashamedly subjective.”
Added June 9, 2007
Pulse Laser “A blog on interactions and the new world of product by S&W, a creative design consultancy in London. They are Jack Schulze and Matt Webb.”
Added February 1, 2010
Scrubbles “Online repository of random sightings, thoughts and curiosities from Phoenix designer and scribbler Matt Hinrichs.”
Added February 13, 2008
Signal vs. Noise “Weblog by 37signals about design, customer experience, entertainment, politics. Basecamp, Backpack, products we like, small business, ourselves, and more.”
Added September 15, 2005
Small Surfaces “A site about design for mobile technology. This site tracks articles about interaction design, user interface design, user experience, usability and social trends related to mobile devices.”
Added February 3, 2008
space and culture “Weblog for the journal Space and Culture, Sage Publications.”
Added March 1, 2005
Speak Up “Author-based, reader-supported community devoted to graphic design open to conversation and dialogue.”
Added February 13, 2005
Spoon & Tamago “Drawing from an extensive multi-cultural database and resources, Spoon & Tamago attempts to find beautiful and inspiring images from Japan, the United States, and across the globe.”
Added October 1, 2008
Swiss Legacy “By the initiative of Xavier Encinas, is a collaborative blog focused on typography, swiss graphic design and grid.”
Added September 22, 2007
talent imitates, genius steals “some naked thoughts on brands, media, communications, technology and that”
Added January 5, 2008
The Flavor “Graphic designers Shawn and Lisa Hazen created The Flavor as a place to share their thoughts and finds with regard to design. In addition to graphic design, there's discussion on objects, art, books, and more.”
Added December 2, 2007
the girl in the green dress “i am traci roloff and my background is in architecture and interior design. i'm the co-owner of filzfelt, a company that imports wool felt from germany and sells it by the yard and as products.”
Added November 1, 2008
The Mid-Century Modernist “If good design is a balance of aesthetics and utility, the craft peaked in the years between 1940
Added January 1, 2009
The Moment “A daily blog that spans the TMagazine, New York Times, universe of fashion, design, food and travel.”
Added February 16, 2008
Thought for the week “A regular posting-place for the visual and verbal observations of London design consultancy johnson banks.”
Added January 15, 2007
tiny gigantic “Tiny Gigantic is an inspiration feed maintained by the troublemakers at Language in Common.”
Added November 11, 2007
Type Desk “Journal of graphic communication featuring observations on design, typography, business, and the modern office. Type Desk also documents select professional endeavors of Theodore Rosendorf.”
Added January 1, 2010
Typographica “Journal of typography featuring news, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design.”
Added February 13, 2005
UIE’s Brain Spark “Repository for everything cool and interesting that is happening in the world of designing usable web sites and systems”
Added November 18, 2007
UnBeige “Updated throughout the day, UnBeige dishes out the news, gossip, events, parties, personalities, commentary and humor that keeps design professionals informed and entertained.”
Added September 15, 2007
Unclutterer “The blog about getting and staying organized. A place for everything, and everything in its place is our gospel.”
Added September 8, 2008
Uniquely the Epitome “Imagine a brand landscape defined by the individual; the consumer, the prospect, the common surveyor.”
Urban Preschool “This blog is a place to share research, experiences and inspirations around teaching and the world of Early Childhood Education (which I believe includes just about anything and everything creative).”
Added April 18, 2008
Urban Sketchers “Features sketches and often equally colorful stories behind the scenes by 100 invited artists correspondents in more than 30 countries around the world.”
Added March 2, 2011
Viget Inspire “By Viget Labs, discuss the latest standards, review some of the greatest sites, give opinions on books and conferences, and generally talk about the challenges and the glories of creating art in this evolving web design industry.”
Added June 1, 2009
Villatype “A visual record and discussion of typography in the public domain.”
Added November 11, 2007
wish jar “Explorations of the familiar by Keri Smith, an author/illustrator turned guerilla artist”
Added November 11, 2007
World Changing “Works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. That another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together.”
Added February 28, 2005
Blogger’s Quest(ionnaire)
Seven questions focused on people passionate about the blogging medium and how it benefits their art, design and small business. Read more at Design Feaster blog.
Designer’s Quest(ionnaire)
Seven questions focused on the hard-working design practitioner—whether independent or in-house.
Design Thought Leader
Blog dedicated to fielding compelling ideas in the practice and theory of design—whatever the discipline. Read more.
