Graphic Design Resources #7

Check out the graphic design resources we have compiled to contribute to the development of the graphic design industry. We hope the information here will inspire ad agency staff and freelance graphic designers. Check out our roundup of the best graphic design resources so art directors and designers can make the web a better place.

Best Design Blogs

The design collection here is a beginner’s guide to understanding digital and physical product design. Check out the pretty extensive collection of interface design details we’ve covered in this post. The examples here will increase your awareness of the user interface. American art director and graphic designer Paul Rand’s very informative website on the fine details of the design will give you an idea. The design blog about UX design brings you carefully selected high-quality inspirations.

Paul Rand: Paul Rand was an American art director and graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs, including the logos for IBM, UPS, Enron, Morningstar, Inc., Westinghouse, ABC, and NeXT. Official site of graphic designer Paul Rand (1914-1996).

Little Big Details: Little Big Details is a curated collection of the finer details of design, updated every day. As Charles & Ray Eames put it: “The details are not the details; they make the product”. This is intended to be a source of inspiration. Created and curated by Floris Dekker.

This Is How Design Works: What is ‘design’ actually? Is it a logo? It’s so much more than that. It’s a state of mind. It’s an approach to a problem. This handy guide will help you understand design and provide resources to help you find awesome design talent. A guide to understanding digital & physical product design for startups.

Inspiration Grid: Inspiration Grid is a daily-updated blog celebrating creative talent from around the world. Get your daily fix of design, art, illustration, typography, photography, architecture, fashion, and more. Inspiration Grid is a creative showcase.

Design Cloud: Design Cloud is a collective attempt to inspire and stimulate the minds of our international readers by featuring the best of art, design, and innovation from around the globe.

The Dieline: Dieline is a bespoke creative platform that exists to serve the packaging community. Their mission is to build a global community of practitioners and to advocate the packaging industry towards more sustainable solutions through creativity and innovation.

UX Booth: The UX Booth is a publication by and for the user experience community. Their readership consists mostly of beginning-to-intermediate user experience and interaction designers, but anyone interested in making the web a better place to be is welcome.

The Design Blog: The Design Blog brings you carefully picked high quality inspiration, featuring works of designers and design studios from all over the world, with the main focus on young designers and students. Except for the daily inspiration, the whole week is filled with different types of inspiring posts and sections that are design-related.

UpLabs: UpLabs curates the best of design & development inspiration, resources, and freebies. Every day.

Graphis: Graphis Magazine was first published in 1944 by Walter Herdeg and Dr. Walter Amstutz in Zürich, Switzerland. Graphis is committed to presenting and promoting the work of exceptional talent in design, advertising, photography, and art/illustration.

References: Sources used in the creation of this article.

• Design Cloud: https://designcloud.tumblr.com/
• Graphis: https://www.graphis.com/
• Inspiration Grid: https://theinspirationgrid.com/
• Little Big Details: https://littlebigdetails.com/
• Paul Rand: https://paulrand.design/
• The Design Blog: https://thedsgnblog.com/
• The Dieline: https://thedieline.com/
• This Is How Design Works: https://startupsthisishowdesignworks.com/
• UpLabs: https://www.uplabs.com/
• UX Booth: https://www.uxbooth.com/articles/