{"id":227,"date":"2021-06-14T17:57:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T17:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=227"},"modified":"2025-01-08T18:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:55:16","slug":"design-inspiration-and-publications","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/knowledge-base\/design-inspiration-and-publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Inspiration and Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>General Design Inspiration<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/store.commarts.com\/studentlookup\">Communication Arts<\/a>\u2014&#8221;The premier source of inspiration for graphic designers, art directors, design firms, corporate design departments, advertising agencies, interactive designers, illustrators and photographers\u2014everyone involved in visual communication.&#8221; Use the link here for the student subscription rate.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/identitydesigned.com\/\">Identity Designed<\/a>\u2014A\u00a0showcase and forum for everyone with an interest in brand identity design.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/\">Behance<\/a>\u2014A platform for creatives to share their best work<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dribbble.com\/\">Dribbble<\/a>\u2014&#8221;The leading destination to find &amp; showcase creative work and home to the world&#8217;s best design professionals&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/\">Pinterest<\/a>\u2014A social platform for collecting and sharing visual inspiration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>UX<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uxplanet.org\/\">UX Planet<\/a>\u2014A shared blogging site described as a &#8220;one-stop resource for everything related to user experience&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nngroup.com\/\">Nielson Norman Group<\/a>\u2014&#8221;World Leaders in Research-Based User Experience&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lawsofux.com\/\">Laws of UX<\/a>\u2014A series of interactive posters about the laws that UX practitioners should know<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/methods.18f.gov\/\">18F Methods<\/a>\u2014&#8221;A collection of tools to bring human-centered design into your project.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uxrfieldguide.com\/\">User Experience Research Field Guide<\/a>\u2014How to conduct solid, reasonable, and reliable user research<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/design\/thinking\/\">Enterprise Design Thinking<\/a> \u2014A Design Thinking guide by IBM<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualtrics.com\/blog\/ux-design-glossary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UX Design Glossary<\/a> \u2014 A list of common UX terms with definitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Graphic Design<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/designobserver.com\/\">Design Observer<\/a>\u2014A fantastic design blog from some of today&#8217;s top design thinkers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designishistory.com\/\">Design is History<\/a>\u2014An exploration of some of histories great graphic designers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lubalin100.com\/\">Lubalin 100<\/a>\u2014Items selected from the famous graphic designer, Herb Lubalin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Visual Design \/ Screen Design<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/flatinspire.com\/\">Flat Inspire<\/a>\u2014Inspiration for great looking websites<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siteinspire.com\/\">Site Inspire<\/a>\u2014A collection of contemporary web design<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sitesee.co\/\">SiteSee<\/a>\u2014&#8221;A curated gallery of beautiful, modern websites.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grids.obys.agency\/\">Grids<\/a>\u2014Obys share their principles of the grids using<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Typography<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fontsinuse.com\/\">Fonts in Use<\/a>\u2014A look at typefaces in use across a variety of media and time periods.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/typ.io\">Typ.io<\/a>\u2014Inspiration of fonts in use on the web.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.typewolf.com\/\">Typewolf<\/a>\u2014Typefaces in use on the web.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/typespecimens.io\/\">Type Specimens<\/a>\u2014A collection of awesome type specimens websites<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/prowebtype.com\/\">Pro Web Type<\/a>\u2014A free online book about type and the web<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/practicaltypography.com\/\">Practical Typography<\/a>\u2014A free online book about practical typographic fundamentals<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stylemanual.org\/\">StyleManual.org<\/a>\u2014A reference manual of typographic details<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/visualgui.com\/2016\/02\/16\/book-collection-typography\/\">Visualgui<\/a>\u2014A book collection of typography<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legible-typography.com\/en\/\">Legibility<\/a>\u2014How and why typography affects ease of reading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Design Systems<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/styleguides.io\/\">Styleguides.io<\/a>\u2014Resources and examples related to design systems<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/designsystemsrepo.com\/design-systems\/\">Design Systems Repo<\/a>\u2014A collection of design systems<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designbetter.co\/design-systems-handbook\">Design Systems Handbook<\/a>\u2014A free online book about creating design systems<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/design.theguardian.com\/\">The Guardian<\/a>\u2014A digital design style guide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Code<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codepen.io\/\">CodePen<\/a>\u2014A platform for creating and sharing code ideas and experiments<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/\">CSS-Tricks<\/a>\u2014A blog about frontend web development<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/\">Smashing Magazine<\/a>\u2014A blog and magazine about web development and UX<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/htmlandcssguidebook.com\/\">HTML &amp; 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