16 Great Graphic Design Blogs and Sites

What are your favorite design blogs and sites? There are so many design blogs now, that your top list is sure to be a bit different. Here we’ve collected 16 great design sites that consistently bring high-quality material to their audience. They are filled with great resources, original material, thought provoking articles, or well constructed design tutorials that keep you growing as a designer. Add these sites to your feed reader, if they aren’t already in there!  More...

5 design rules everyone should know

There are hundreds of great graphic design posts – and endless lists of tips and tricks. But, most of those lists are for graphic designers that design for a living, or for people who need advanced tips and ideas. I have found that while helpful, we often forget some of the basic design rules that everyone should know. Regardless if you design for pay or just for fun, these rules will help everything you do look more precise, professional and powerful.

A Matter of Taste by Fulvio Bonavia

In 2008 Fulvio Bonavia, award winning photographer, published his book "A Matter of Taste".
The idea is : “If you do not want to eat it – wear it!”
Clever and effective use of food result with blackberry purses, aubergine ballerinas, artichoke hats, kiwi watch, fruity necklace, sardines belt...
The most amaizing thing is that all items captured in photos are the work of author's hands, not Photoshop!!

In a Perfect World

 

What would be different in a perfect world?  A young designer Catrina Dulay found an original  way to answer that question. These simple and smart  illustrations talking about annoying little things that we all know well.

Learn the elements of graphic design

Seven basic graphic design principles by Garr Reynolds
Unity, Gestalt, Space, Color, Dominance, Hierarchy, Balance