Visual Communication: Graphic Design

"AdViews is a digital archive of thousands of vintage television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s."

view 450,000+ covers of comics, books & more

100,000+ vintage advertisements to explore

The current annual is displayed on the main page. Click "Search" to find collections by volume/year, to search by design category, medium, region, client industry or by keyword.

Analysis, news, and critiques of "the best new work from the world’s most exciting emerging and established designers."

Harvard Art Museums' online catalog of their 32,000-piece Bauhaus Collection, containing rarely seen drawings and photographs from attendees and instructors of the revolutionary German design school.

Provides examples of world-famous brand logos. "The primary use of site is to enable designers to access vector-forms of the well-known brand-logos that they can use in their presentations, given the permission of the copyright owner."

Brand New is a division of UnderConsideration, chronicling and providing opinions on corporate and brand identity work. It covers redesigns and new designs of notable products, companies, services, and organizations across all industries and locations.

Parent site of DT&G News, Photoshop 911, and home to a community of graphic designers. Provides guest interviews, seasonal design templates and general information on the business of graphic arts, photography, publishing, printing, and more.

Contains print, online, and legal tools for designers. There's a "lorem ipsum" (greeking) generator for laying out text on a page. Click "Design Resources" to get to the menu.

This valuable, well-established international site for design (graphic, architectural, product) professionals, faculty, and students provides critical writings by well-known writers. It opens the discussion to anyone who registers and wishes to comment.

"Learn how to become a graphic designer. Read career articles, find graphic design schools, & discover Jobs. Also explore video game design, animation & photography. Get the information you need to become who you are meant to be!" Good career development

Chuck Green maintains a large list of links -- an attempt to create the designer's ultimate start page. He has categories with links for nearly every topic a designer could need.

Contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their characteristics.

Creativepro.com allows you to discover new products, companies, and services.

"InDesign Secrets is your one-stop shop for all things InDesign."

A companion site for Screen Printing Magazine