Graphic Design, Photography & Identity

30 Designers 1 Question – Where Are You Most Inspired? (gavinelliott.co.uk)

Designer’s Favourite Fonts & Why (justcreativedesign.com)

12 Essential Rules To Follow When Designing A Logo (webdesignerdepot.com)

10 Super Creative Business Cards (abduzeedo.com)

35 Examples Of Stunning Macro Photography (smashingmagazine.com)

25 Beautiful And Creative Photography Sites (pelfusion.com)

Clever JPEG Optimization Techniques (smashingmagazine.com)

Web Design, WordPress & SEO

Visibility Vs. Display In CSS (vanseodesign.com)

7 MooTools Plugins You Should Use On Every Website (davidwalsh.name)

25 Stylish Examples Of Headers In Web Design (sixrevisions.com)

24 Superb Sites That Use Horizontal, Vertical Or Multi-Directional jQuery Scrolling Effects (onextrapixel.com)

Web Nerd Terminology (Explained) (css-tricks.com)

How Facebook Is Gunning For Google (And Killing SEO) (copyblogger.com)

20 New, Useful And Promising WordPress Plugins (1stwebdesigner.com)

The “Light” CMS Trend (css-tricks.com)

10 CSS Tricks That Make Websites Look Cool Instantly (webhostingsecretrevealed.com)

25 Websites With Creative And Unique Layouts (vandelaydesign.com)

25 Inspirational Lifestyle Websites (indeziner.com)

10 Things Every Web Designer Just Starting Out Should Know (sixrevisions.com)

Best Practices For Effective Design Of “About Me” Pages (smashingmagazine.com)

22 Free Seamless Vector Pattern Resources Perfect For Web Design (1stwebdesigner.com)

35 Beautifully Illustrated Websites (psdfan.com)

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Graphic Design, Identity & Typography

10 Unusual Places To Get Design Inspiration (sixrevisions.com)
Don’t just rely on the same old sites everyday, branch out.
42 Amazing 3D Abstract Artwork (abduzeedo.com)
Nice 3D style.
25 Seriously Artistic Band Posters (psdfan.com)
These are lovely.
The Gospel Of Type (computerarts.co.uk)
Follows these rules to attain typographic bliss.
10 Common Mistakes In Logo Design (smashingmagazine.com)
Good advice when making a logo.
Firefox Refreshes Logo (idsgn.org)
Did you notice?
5 Pet Peeves Designers Have With Developers (And How To Avoid Them) (webdesignerdepot.com)
To be fair I can understand all the points and why they happen having built a my site.
Friday Fresh Free Fonts #2 (abduzeedo.com)
Loving this new series.
Don’t Be A Tooler (artbackwash.blogspot.com)
Interesting points raised.
25+ Useful Infographics For Web Designers (webdesignerdepot.com)
I’m appreciating them from a design point of view.

Web Design & Blogging

25 Examples Of Light And Space Effects In Web Design (designshard.com)
Web design, the final frontier.
50 Inspiring Examples Of Minimalism In Web Design (line25.com)
Beautiful minimalism, nice.
How To Be Interesting (copyblogger.com)
No need to be boring about things.
Three Major Business Social Media Mistakes (adventcreative.com)
Don’t make these mistakes, they’re just wrong.
10 UI Design Patterns You Should Be Paying Attention To (smashingmagazine.com)
Don’t make UI mistakes when you can the patterns.
14 Ways To Increase Your Blog Traffic (sitesketch101.com)
Everyone wants more people to see their posts.
Typographic Layout Design Contest: Join In And Win (smashingmagazine.com)
Bit late on this one, week left, better hurry if you’re going to enter.

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Graphic Design, Typography & Photography

D&AD Winners Announced (creativereview.co.uk)
The winners are announced, and it’s not look great to UK design entries.
Feedback. The Creativity Killer. (sixrevisions.com)
Feedback, everyone thinks they know best on design, here’s how to deal with it.
Fuel Your Photography (fuelyourphotography.com)
New Fuel brand website launched this week.
45 Great Tilt-Shift Photographs (abduzeedo.com)
Doing some work on tilt-shift so this post was very handy.
25 Excellent Typography Tools For The Serious Designer (sixrevisions.com)
Six Revisions were really pumping out the good articles this week.
60 Rare And Unusual Vintage Signs (smashingmagazine.com)
Vintage stuff, not always a fan of vintage but I quite like these.
25 Amazing Retro Web Sites For Your Inspiration (pvmgarage.com)
Continuing the retro vintage vibe.
Your Best “Not Free” Fonts (sharebrain.info)
Not all fonts are free, and these are the best.
How To Make An Eye-Catching Logo (crazyleafdesign.com)
A short and sweet article on eye catching logo design.
20 Creative And Unique Typefaces (sixrevisions.com)
Some pretty strange ones here.

Web Design, Browsers & WordPress

Opera Unite (unite.opera.com)
You really need to try this out, use Opera to turn your PC into an Internet media computer.
10 Web Design Rules That You Can Break (webdesignerdepot.com)
Think outside the box and all that, break some rules.
Free WordPress Theme: WP Typo (css-tricks.com)
A nice and simple type focused WordPress theme.
The Ultimate WordPress 2.8 Optimization Guide (storecrowd.com)
WordPress 2.8 is out, optimise yours.
13 Most Important Things To Do When Changing WordPress Theme (techpp.com)
Changing your WordPress theme, I know I’m working on it.
20 Most Beautiful Free WordPress Themes (10steps.sg)
Each collection brings some new ones to the table.
30 Creative Javascript Navigation Menu Examples (1stwebdesigner.com)
Pretty important part of web design, here are some great examples.
Weekly 30 Inspirational Websites #34 (designyourway.net)
A fine collection of website design.

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Graphic Design, Portfolios & Career

Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy (booooooom.com)
Winner of D&ADs new new blood award.
Degree Or No Degree? (gomediazine.com)
Well I’m enjoying mine, but I don’t know if I really need it.
40 Really Awesome Resources For Design Inspiration (blog.themeforest.net)
Go get inspired.
10 Inspiring Portfolios (daily.creattica.com)
Nice collection.
45 Superb Light Effects (abduzeedo.com)
Super shiny, super bright light effects.
Left-Brained Vs. Right-Brained (myinkblog.com)
I was definitely left brained during school, don’t know about now.
5 Tips For College Freelancers (freelanceswitch.com)
Some useful tips while you’re at College.

Web Design, Browsers & SEO

50 Beautiful Flash Websites (smashingmagazine.com)
Not always a fan but these are really nice designs.
Flash #Fail (nikibrown.com)
Having said that, not all Flash sites are that great.
25 Stylish Examples Of Web Forms (sixrevisions.com)
A focus on the lesser noticed parts of a website.
50 Alluring Typography And Grid Focused Websites (thedesigncubicle.com)
Nice bit of website design.
When Someone Googles Your Name, What Do You Want To Happen? (hellomynameisscott.blogspot.com)
Good ideas to be found here.
Demo: Firefox 3.5 Treats Videos Like Web Pages (techcrunch.com)
Interesting development, now if Google can put this in Chrome I’d be happy.
Taking Typography Seriously (redswish.co.uk)
Typography is important, take it seriously.

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Fewer links than usual because I looked at how many links I had mid-week and had a huge long list so I didn’t save as many after that but it turned out I’d forgotten to delete last week’s links. Oops.

Graphic Design, Identity & Career

Typography Tees (typographytees.com)
Some nice t-shirt designs.
50 Great Examples Of Data Visualization (webdesignerdepot.com)
I love data visualisation, so nice to look at.
The Epicly Crap Bing Logo By Microsoft (imjustcreative.com)
Terrible logo, and the search engine seems the same as Google.
6 Reasons Freelance Designers Should Join Twitter (thedesigncubicle.com)
Everyone should be on Twitter already, but here’s some convincing reasons.
10 Inspiring Designers & Developers You Should Get To Know (daily.creattica.com)
Nice collection of interviews with top people.
10 Misconceptions About Graphic Designing (graphicdesignblog.com)
Don’t make these mistakes, designing doesn’t make you rich and famous.

Web Design & WordPress

10 HTML Tag Crimes You Really Shouldn’t Commit (line25.com)
Well I sure ain’t going to use <b> and <i> again.
20 High Quality Free WordPress 2.7 Themes (toxel.com)
Some you’ll have seen before, some new ones.
25 Best Coming Soon Pages (blog.exxcorpio.com)
Sometimes the wait is better than the outcome.
10 Tips To Create A More Usable Web (webdesignerdepot.com)
Some interesting little tips for a better web.

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Graphic Design & Photography

Do You Know “What Is Design?” 41 Answers To One Simple Question (desizntech.info)
Nice visual responses to a simple question.
Busting The Myths: What Graphic Design Isn’t (tracygradey.com)
On the flip side, what graphic design isn’t.
30 Magnificant, Simply Stunning Futuristic City Matte Painting Artworks (psdvault.com)
Well the title describes it best.
Unique Packaging Design Sure To Inspire (bestdesignoptions.com)
Great packaging designs to have a look at.
Packaging Tips For Crafters, Makers And Sellers Part 1 (moo.com)
Good points covered.
Why Does HDR Bring Out The Best/Worst In You As A Photographer (layersmagazine.com)
An interesting read.
66 Creative Logo Designs For Design Inspiration (instantshift.com)
Get a dose of inspiration.

Web Design & WordPress

A Deeper Look Inside Google’s O3D API (startupearth.com)
A promising new web design plugin that allows 3D elements to be rendered.
17 More Must See Horizontal Scrolling Websites (blog.webdistortion.com)
Another great collection of sideways websites.
22 Creative Uses Of Robots In Web Design (sixrevisions.com)
Creative robot use.
30 Creative And Eye-Catching Web Designer Portfolios (1stwebdesigner.com)
Amazing work to be seen.
Top 18 Most Downloaded WordPress Plugins Ever (howtomakemyblog.com)
Have you got them all? I know I don’t use them all.

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