The Professional Association for Design.
Not only do they offer continued education on the industry, they offer a number of references for business standards and practice.
A great we to connect with the West Michigan Graphic Design community. The chapter hosts workshops, lectures, and fun events.
A great we to connect with the Eastern side of Michigan's Graphic Design community.
An organization that celebrates and educates in all areas of advertising.
An insanely valuable organization for any graphic artist. I reference their book all the time when in need of help on a contract.
Skillshare is an online learning platform with thousands of creative courses and classes taught by experts to help you learn new skills.
An annual conference filled with workshops, lectures, and fun.
The Continuing Education Department of The Cooper Union offers a Postgraduate Certificate in Typeface Design.
A really great course that covers the essentials for freelancers but really any creative professional.
Duh right? But just making a point that I am constantly googling how to do a very specific technique for a job. The internet CAN be a great if you choose wisely.
2007 American independent feature-length documentary film about typography and graphic design, centered on the eponymous typeface.
A History of Graphic Design Production.
A film about advertising and inspiration.
Profiles Milton Glaser, America's foremost graphic designer: designer of the iconic "I [heart] N.Y." logo, teacher, and humanitarian.
Takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar “persuasion industries” of advertising and public relations.
Journeys into the world of the marketers of popular culture to teenagers.
2011 documentary film about product placement, marketing and advertising directed by Morgan Spurlock.
A documentary on Massimo and Lella Vignelli, two of the world's most influential designers.
Is a documentary exploring the idea of "design thinking.
A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.
A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.
Is a feature-length documentary highlighting the career of poster artist Drew Struzan.
Is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.
Irreplaceable knowledge of the historic craft is in danger of being lost as its caretakers age.
The Film is a feature-length documentary film centered around the Linotype typecasting machine invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1886.
Step inside the minds of the most innovative designers in a variety of disciplines and learn how design impacts every aspect of life.
An essential for anything vector.
An essential for anything pixel.
An essential for any multipage design.
An essential for anything animated.
Adobe's answer to ProCreate. I use Fresco on my IPad but I also love sketching in Photoshop and Illustrator on my IPad.
Photoshop for Photographers. Lightroom is great for subtle photo edits and organization.
A go to illustration tablet tool.
A great font creation software.
A great platform to build fully customizable websites. This site is built using Webflow.
A really great alternative to Adobe Software that is not subscription based. They have their version of Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
What I use to organize and backup client work.
A great platform I use to collaborate with clients on large projects.
Free fonts with your Adobe Subscription.
A great resource for purchasing fonts for your next project.
One place I go to purchase photography, brushes, textures, etc.
An independent archive of typography.
Design Tools Will Bring Those Nostalgic Touches To Your Digital Artwork.
Pro-quality brushes, textures and effects for your favorite graphic apps.
Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project. Better than any royalty free or stock photos.
Free stock photos & videos you can use everywhere. Browse millions of high-quality royalty free stock images & copyright free pictures.
Pixabay is a vibrant community of creatives, sharing copyright free images, videos and music.
Morguefile contains free high resolution digital stock photographs and reference images.
A simple way to send your large files.
A resource created to help find printers.
Where I go to get screen prints made.
Where to go to get letterpress plates made.
A Grand Rapids Michigan shop that does great letterpress printing.
One place I go to get letterpress done.
An awesome resource for fun papers.
Quality printing with options like foil, raised inks, etc at an affordable price.
Explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices.
Online courses, Interactive Live Sessions, and Workshops for web designers and developers.
An online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages.
A resource to help demystify html and css coding.
an online publication of design techniques and tips from some of the industry's top designers.
A showcase of the best web design inspiration, featuring over 7000 websites and profiles of the digital agencies, designers and developers who made them
A website and eBook publisher that offers editorial content and professional resources for web developers and web designers.
A showcase of the best web design inspiration, featuring over 7000 websites and profiles of the digital agencies, designers and developers who made them.
An online technology school that offers beginner to advanced courses in web design, web development, mobile development and game development.
is the one-stop shop if you want to build a website, an online store, or launch a blog.
AIGA Eye on Design covers the world’s most exciting designers—and the issues they care about.
Restaurant menu design inspiration
Showcase and discover the latest work from top online portfolios by creative professionals across industries.
Showcasing beautiful logo work, an Under Consideration site
A blog about art and visual ingenuity.
Communication Arts magazine is a journal for all visual communications.
Insightful conversations with designers and creatives of all types by Debbie Millman
Design Milk is dedicated to modern design in areas like Technology, Architecture, Art, Interior Design.
A website devoted to a range of design topics including graphic design, social innovation, urbanism, popular culture, and criticism.
Packaging design inspiration
Where designers gain inspiration, feedback, community, and jobs and is your best resource to discover and connect with designers worldwide.
A news site with a focus on business and design.
It’s Nice That believes passionately that creative inspiration is for everyone.
An art and culture magazine with the mission of connecting modern genres like psychedelic and hot rod art, graffiti, street art, and illustration to the context of broader more historically recognized genres of art like Pop, assemblage, old master painting, and conceptual art.
In these TED Talks, some of the world's greatest designers share their creative process.
A resource and event series to help creatives build incredible careers, supercharge their work, and make their ideas happen.
A behind the scenes look at contemporary
movie title design
Real fonts spotted in the wild plus articles and commentary by some very nerdy folks
A huge catalog of awesome type on cars!
A collection containing hundreds of movie title design stills.
ILT combines the world’s most loved typography blog with a great new place to buy fonts from your favorite indie foundries.
An amazing library of type, lettering, and calligraphy related books, posters, and ephemera in San Francisco.
A great way to stay up to date with type trends.
The online version of Ellen Lupton's classic text.
Continuing education workshops and full courses in type design, lettering, and calligraphy. Locations in San Francisco and New York.
A comprehensive guide to the anatomy of type.
Promoting excellence in typography for over 65 years. The TDC offers excellent type related events, educational workshops, and a beautiful annual.
Lessons on best typography practices for the web by the team at TypeKit.
A blog of type reviews, books and commentary.
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