Design Magazines

The Art Directors Club / Home
The polished, heavyweight ADC Cube is an enduring symbol of creative leadership and innovation. Winners take their place in the industry's revered archive ...

ASPP - American Society of Picture Professionals
The American Society of Picture Professionals - ASPP - is dedicated to sharing the experience and knowledge of picture professionals throughout the picture ...

::: CMYK Magazine Online ::: The art-design magazine featuring a ...
The art-design magazine featuring a quarterly art school design contest for emerging artists in art direction, copywriting, design, photography and ...

Communication Arts 
Print publication offering competitions, forums, feature articles, job bank, graphic design resources and online shopping.

Core77 / industrial design magazine + resource / home
Industrial Design content and community site - articles, discussions, interviews and resources.

CreativePublic
Graphic design business resources legal forms contracts pricing ...
Graphic design business resources for creative professionals forms contracts pricing guides and training videos and designer interviews.

Design Directory
Design directory is a comprehensive international design links database.
Graphic Design - Web Design - Interior Design - 3D Design

Dynamic Graphics+Create - magazine for graphic design ...
Dynamic Graphics+Create magazine provides graphic design ideas, inspiration and information to help graphic designers produce successful, professional, ...

eye | the international review of graphic design
Eye, the international review of graphic design, is a beautifully designed and printed quarterly magazine based in the UK: essential reading and viewing for ...

Graphic Design USA | News Magazine for Graphic Designers and other ...
With Graphic Design USA magazine you can find information on graphic design news, trends, people, ideas and products from the design community.

Graphics.com: The shared resource for creative design
Covers news for the graphic design, computer graphic and web graphic community.

HOW Design - The leading creativity, business and technology ...
Design inspiration and tips for Graphic Design professionals.”/> ... Sign up to receive free news, tips and special offers from HOW Magazine ...

ID Magazine
Home - Keep up with the design industry with ID Magazine - Home. ... News + Features, |, Product of the Week, |, Annual Design Review, |, Design Directory ...


IdN™ — International designers Network®
IdN Magazine is an international publication for creative people on a mission to
amplify and unify the design community in Asia-Pacific and other parts of ...

Layers Magazine
The Contest Question:Who is the author of Layers Magazine's Design Makeover piece this issue? The Prize: A copy of The CS4 Training Jump-Start Program from ...

LogoLounge is currently building its Master Logo books. These books will showcase thousands of logos for specific, common logo types (the same categories ... Logo Research, Logo Inspiration, Corporate Identity and Online ...

Luerzer's Archive - All products at a glance
Archive of advertising graphic design for print, television, product packaging, commercial illustration and other subject areas. Submission form provided.

Print: Design for Curious Minds
Print's essential webcasts: Learn from the experts to build your business and your design career. Watch now. Get back issues of Print and complete your ...

Sessions.edu
Online Design School-Graphic Design, Web Design, Multimedia, Business Marketing Design, Digital Arts certificate programs and courses - DETC accredited ...

Speckyboy Design Magazine
Stylish typography in web design gives your site or blog an added air of quality and sophistication, it demonstrates that mere text can transform a dull and ...

Springwise | New business ideas from around the world
Springwise and its network of 8000 spotters scan the globe for smart new business ideas, delivering instant inspiration to entrepreneurial minds. ...

STEP Inside Design graphic design magazine with profiles of ...
STEP inside design magazine explores the why of contemporary design by featuring interviews with creative problem-solvers, profiles of visionary creatives, ...

One Club / Welcome
The One Club is the world's foremost non-profit organization for the recognition and promotion of excellence in advertising.The One Club produces three ...

Type Directors Club
The Type Directors Club mourns the passing of one of its founding fathers, Dr. Ed Rondthaler, who died Wednesday at the grand age of 104. ...

Wolda - the worldwide logo design annual
WOLDA - Worldwide Logo Design Annual is the high-profile graphic design award scheme that rewards the best projects in the world in the field of logo ...

Confessions of a Designer

5 Things You Can Learn From My Mistakes

So, I've got some confessions to make. I've screwed up.

Once.

Ok … maybe a few times.

I'll be the first to say that in every career a little rain must fall. Though I've seen my share of stormy days, I haven't yet found myself slipping on scuba gear to wade in the waters. Thankfully, it's not the mistake that defines the designer … rather, it's how resilient they are and how they can help others avoid following their misguided footsteps.

Every designer has a horror story to tell, though I'm glad I've never been on the business-end of an unintentional reply all sent to a client -- one of the more colorful variety. However, I'm not immune to taking the odd misstep. Read More>>

Seven Quick Ways to Cultivate Inspiration

When Art Is Your Passion But Also Your Business

As graphic designers, we often enter this creative field as a result of our hobbies and off-the-wall way of thinking, as opposed to the more Left Brain career fields like accounting or medicine. However, combining artistic sensibilities with the very real-world need for a paycheck can be jolting and unsettling. After all, there can be (and often is) a big difference between what “sells” and what looks good on the living room wall. The phrase “Artist for Hire” never really caught on, and with good reason. When you need to squeeze out those creative juices for a deadline, inspiration can be in short supply. Here are seven tips to keep your inspiration fresh. Read More>>

Designer Friends

Cat Peters

Dan Rhatigan

Derek Lee

Jose Garcia

Jose Manuel Villanueva

Luisa Fuentes

Macintec

Maria Atubiga

NeMinn Htun

Patrick Ojeda

Omar Amigon

Ruth Rodriguez

Wei Chen

Wenjun Zhao

Suggested Reading

Starting Your Career as a Freelance Illustrator or Graphic Designer
by Michael Fleishman


For anyone who wants to establish a new career as a freelance designer or illustrator, here’s the definitive resource! This valuable guide is packed with expert tips and success techniques for getting started, selling your work, promoting yourself, and even what to do once you’re working.

Up-and-coming freelancers will also discover practical guidance for creating a portfolio, making initial contacts, developing a financial plan, acquiring supplies and equipment, pricing work, and even marketing on the Web. Plus, special chapters are devoted to selling work to magazines, ad agencies, book publishers, greeting card companies, small businesses, and more.

Beginning professionals, working professionals who want to make a change, and entrepreneurs who want to go out on their own will find everything they need in this friendly, easy-to-use guide. Read Reviews Allworth Press.