Resources

Here is a collection of some of the websites I frequent for inspiration, learning new things, and keeping up-to-date with design trends. I hope that you can find some use in what I’ve found incredibly helpful!

If you know of any great resources online for graphic design or typography that I don’t have listed here, please let me know! I’m always looking for the next great thing to add to my list. Shoot me an email at [email protected] with your suggestion.

Blogs

• Brand New, corporate/brand identity
• Smashing Magazine, design, web, inspiration, and more
• Art of the Menu, beautiful menus to oogle
• David Airey, designer and author

Courses

• Hack Design, a great curriculum to learn graphic design, all online

Inspiration

• Design Seeds, gorgeous color palettes you’ll stare at for hours
• Designspiration, a bunch of great design, scroll and be inspired

Creative goods/assets

• Creative Market, offering 6 new freebies every Monday, plus tons of great creative assets
• Resource Cards, the ultimate collection of websites to get all your graphic design things from!

Blogs

• Type Wolf, helping you pick the right type for your project, mix and match typefaces, and more
• I Love Typography, a great blog on typography, lettering, and type design
• Linotype, a blog that showcases a few new fonts a week
• Fonts in Use, a blog that takes used fonts and analyses their effectiveness, very good for honing your font usage skills and training your eye to spot good/bad design

Courses

• Learn Lettering, the go-to for learning hand-lettering online, by Sean Wes
• Crash Course in Hand-Lettering, a quicker, free resource on hand-lettering

Inspiration

• GoodType, a collection of beautiful type treatments, check out their instagram
• I Love Ligatures, a never-ending collection of lovely lettering

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