These designer blogs, forums and resource sites were recommended by members and subscribers to the GDC Listserv. Click on the link to open the site in a new window.
A List Apart: for people who make websites
ATypI France blog
Colour & Design Blog colorlovers.com
Corporate Design Foundation: great info for wayfinding signage distance viewing guidelines
Creative Latitude
David C. Baker's ReCourses
Design Observer
Domtar's Designer Corner
Etapes: blog of the French design magazine
Flicker: designer books group
Fontzone
Lynda.com: online training, web safe colour pallet
Newseum: the interactive museum of news with front pages of newspapers from around the world.
SDGQ's Oeil pour oeil
Speak Up
Spiekermann
Studica: good source for Pantone books
The Graphic Student: where design students talk
Thomas Phinney's "Typblography"
Typographica: a journal of typography featuring news, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design
Typophile
Typophile Wiki: list of legitimate, quality free fonts recommended by Typophile
Typophiles: a not-for-profit educational association that encourages the appreciation and production of fine typography and bookmaking.
Type Club: List of type foundries
101 Essential Freelancing Resources
- Designed by Catharine Bradbury MGDC of Bradbury Branding & Design
- A collection of case studies that show design in action
- Are you being paid what you're worth?
- Online resources with tips on creating graphic standards and branding guidelines
- On line resources with tips on practicing eco-friendly design
- Must-visit websites for graphic designers
- Access to Canadian Design talent, Published by Design Exchange
- Recommendations and comments by GDC Listserv members
- Sites for everything type-related
- influencing design and typography
- Recommended by GDC members and GDC Listserv participants
- Blogs, lists, online forums for designers







