Design resources

Adobe: top graphic design trends
Adobe looks at the trends for 2023 with Emmy-winning designer Chris Do

AisleOne
A great blog on minimalism and modernist design (last content entry in 2017)

The Art of the Title Sequence
Ever wonder about the back stories to film opening titles? This site has quotations and clips old and new

Awwwards
The best of web design, with regular updates, a directory, and even sits vac (4/21)


CAP Online

JY&A’s old magazine on design, business and marketing, with features from CAP magazine, plus web-exclusive articles

Creative Pro
One of the best and most comprehensive resources for the visual communications industry

Design Observer
A blog-driven and intelligently written design site with some high-profile authors: Michael Bierut, William Drenttel, Jessica Helfand and Rick Poynor

Design Taxi
Examining trends and the wider picture in the design world, as well as the latest developments across its many professions

Design Week
The world’s leading design-industry weekly

Dexinger Design Portal
A showcase of new products, encouraging visitor input

Domus
The famous Italian architecture, design and art magazine, with regularly updated features

Graphis
Online home of the famous design annuals (4/21)

Hiba Studio
Run by our friend Hasan Abu Afash, Hiba Studio, in Gaza, is a typefoundry and design studio. Hasan also has some excellent articles on design online, in Arabic and English

Slanted
A German magazine covering the graphic design profession. The online edition includes a blog and portfolios

The Society of Publication Designers
The world's leading organization for editorial designers

Subtraction
A wonderful, modernist-style blog dealing with interactive design and technology, by Khoi Vinh

Web Designer Depot
Insights on design, techniques, and even free downloads (4/21)

 

Designers

JY&A Consulting
JYA Creative
Branding, marketing strategy and global strategy, with the world’s leading experts including Jack Yan, Stefan Engeseth, Demian Rosenblatt and others

David Philpott
One of Jack Yan’s former students from Massey University, who created the JY Circles typeface

David Siegel
The site from the designer of Tekton. There's plenty to browse through at this site

Hiba Studio
Run by our friend Hasan Abu Afash, Hiba Studio, in Gaza, is a typefoundry and design studio. Hasan also has some excellent articles on design online, in Arabic and English

Javier Romero Design Group
An international design group based in Madrid and New York

McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC)
Industrial designers McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry is dedicated to transforming the design of products, processes, and services worldwide. The firm’s principals have even authored a book printed on synthetic paper that doesn’t use trees. Ethical, eco-effective design with a team of 20 in Charlottesville, Va.

Sandler Mergel
Graphic design, communications and multimedia company based in Sweden, at a new URL

 

Illustration

Fant Asia
For fans of the new art genre of computer-generated illustration, here is some stunning work from artist Akihiko Kametaka

Jennifer Downey
A very talented Bay Area illustrator, specializing in health, lifestyle, fashion and beauty. A tasteful and colourful site with excellent work

Oliver Weiss Design
Oliver Weiss introduced us to his illustrations many years ago, and we were highly impressed. Doing spot illustrations in magazines and newspapers, Mr Weiss’s style is simple and expressive. The site is attractively designed and he even showcases earlier samples of his work

 

Interior designers

Wonderwall
Interior design firm founded by Masamichi Katayama, with one of the most inventive portfolio pages we’ve seen in a long time

 

Photographers

Detune Photography
You’ve seen his work in Lucire, now check out the rest. Douglas Rimington is one of the most passionate photographers we have ever met—and is the humblest bar none

Jon Moe
Jon has shot more Lucire covers than anyone else at the time of writing (August 2005), with stunning celebrity shots and more. A true gentleman in the profession

Grant Maiden Photography
Beautifully designed site, but even more stunning is the photography from this international talent, based in New Zealand

Mat Baker, Photographer
One of our favourite photographers based in Auckland, New Zealand, with a penchant for fashion and old Chevy Impalas

Photography by Ewen Bell
Website for Australian editorial photographer, author and traveller, and the ambassador for Lumix and Sigma in Australia

Photography of Michael Anthony
Beautiful work from this professional photographer. His online portfolio has personal, fashion, entertainment and model images

Thomas Fahey Photography
Atlanta, Georgia-based photographer, specializing in fashion and glamour photography

Tigre Escobar
A talented Madrid- and Miami-based fashion photographer

 

Photographic resources

California Coastal Records Project
Aerial photographs of the California coastline—pick a spot using the map, or feed in latitude and longitude, and the aerial photograph, regularly updated, will appear in the main window. There are 10,000 images here, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Pt Reyes, Pt Sur and the Queen Mary

Photoethnography
A very enjoyable web site, particularly Karen Nakamura’s wonderful collection of classic cameras

PhotoSecrets
PhotoSecrets produces guides for travel photography—a valuable resource for photographers

Prix Pictet
Sponsored by Swiss bank Pictet & Cie., the world’s premier photographic award in sustainability, with the first one presented by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

Rangefinder
Rangefinder succeeds Photo District News, and has similar high quality in discussing photographic issues, including scanners, trends, photographic libraries, equipment and more

 

Virtual imaging

Ron Lloyd Associates, Inc.
Bringing blueprints to life: Ron Lloyd Associates creates photorealistic images from design prints

 

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